Channel Islands Aviation has partnered with Santa Barbara Business College in California in a new, accredited program — Associate of Science in Aviation. The first students start in October. Once students complete the program they will have the theory and flight time required to sit for seven aviation licenses: Private pilot, instrument-rated pilot, commercial pilot […]
Education
Applications now being accepted for helicopter scholarships
The Helicopter Foundation International (HFI) has long recognized the need for qualified commercial helicopter pilots and helicopter maintenance technicians — the current shortage is very real and many experienced pilots and maintenance technicians are nearing retirement age. HFI annually offers up to 19 scholarships to help support students studying to become part of tomorrow’s vertical […]
Embry-Riddle introduces Ph.D. in Human Factors
Embry-Riddle has won approval of its new Ph.D. in Human Factors degree program, as well as an accompanying advancement to the highest level of accreditation – Institutions that Offer Four or More Doctorates – in a decision by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC),the regional body for the accreditation of […]
Build A Plane receives Crown Circle Award for Excellence in Aviation Education
The National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) has awarded Build A Plane the Crown Circle Award as the 2014 inductee to the Crown Circle, which recognizes extraordinary accomplishments in leadership in Aerospace Education. Build a Plane is a non-profit organization working in formal partnership with the FAA and many others to promote aviation education among youth in schools and after […]
Florida Tech launches online aviation management degree
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Tech is introducing a Bachelor of Arts in Aviation Management offered 100% online. Students earning this degree gain career-specific aviation and management knowledge delivered using University Alliance’s video-based e-learning environment. Florida Tech is one of only six universities designated a core partner in the FAA’s Center of Excellence Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, […]
Cessna to deliver four Skyhawks to University of Dubuque
Cessna announced at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh that it has received an order for four 172S Skyhawks from the University of Dubuque in Iowa. Delivery of the aircraft in September will complete the transition to an all Garmin G1000-equipped training fleet for the school’s aviation degree programs. “With a G1000 fleet, the UD aviation program will take a […]
University of Maryland opens UAS test site in Southern Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The University of Maryland (UMD) has launched a new Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) test site in Southern Maryland. Based in St. Mary’s County, just a few miles from Naval Air Warfare Center Aviation Division (NAWCAD) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) headquarters, and NAWCAD Webster Field Annex, […]
Kent State University to get new Piper Arrow trainers
Piper Aircraft will deliver two new Piper Arrow training aircraft later this year to the Aeronautics Division at Kent State University‘s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology. “Kent State’s Aeronautic Division is looking forward to taking delivery of these two new Piper single-engine trainers later this year,” said Robert G. Sines, Jr., Dean of […]
GAMA Aviation Design Challenge to return in 2015
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) will hold the third Aviation Design Challenge in 2015. The nationwide competition to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills through aviation in U.S. high schools has attracted growing interest each year. In 2014, GAMA received entries from 79 schools in 33 states plus Washington, D.C. — nearly triple […]