PENSACOLA, Florida — The National Flight Academy is now offering a new three-day Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)-focused Cruise program for 5th-12th grade students as an introduction to their flagship six-day deployment program.
Students will live aboard the virtual aircraft carrier, Ambition, where they will perform search and rescue missions, navigate aircraft through obstacle courses and drop supplies for humanitarian aid exercises. [Read more…]
For the 11th year students attending the “Cleared For Take-Off” Aviation Education Camp at Alexandria Airport in Pittstown, N.J., spent a week in a “living laboratory” getting hands on lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
The camp’s proven curriculum is now one of the offerings of a new company, Take Flight Solutions.
By CAROL LEE ANDERSON
In just over a year, the Aviation & Aerospace Education Center at Winnipesaukee, known as WinnAero, has blossomed from being just one man’s idea into a well-organized and progressive non-profit organization.
Based at Laconia Airport (LCI) on the picturesque shores of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, WinnAero is the brainchild of Bill Seed, a retired attorney and self-starter who became entranced with the Iowa Children’s Museum exhibit, “Take Flight,” which spotlights the science of aviation.
Iridium Communications and its partner companies have launched the Iridium NEXT Mission Team Scholarship program, with an expected $250,000 endowment.
After spending 2011 traveling the globe with world-renowned aviators, Breitling’s #1 Naval Centennial Limited Edition Airwolf timepiece will be auctioned online to benefit the National Flight Academy (NFA).
