by Cassandra Isackson Director, Minnesota DOT Office of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2017 Your Office of Aeronautics is a strong supporter of four specific disciplines – science,…
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Aviation Technologies Signs Agreement With Chinese University
Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2017 issue CARBONDALE, ILL. – Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale’s Aviation Technologies program and Shenyang Aerospace University (SAU) in China will begin an articulation…
Career Day At SIU
Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2017 issue CARBONDALE, ILL – United Airlines participated in the Southern Illinois University Career Day April 22, 2017, in Carbondale, Illinois. Over 100 high…
Minnesota High School Generates Next Generation of Aerospace Employees
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2017 issue The Aerospace Engineering Program at Tech High School in St. Cloud, Minnesota, is a unique program which goes beyond textbooks and classrooms…
Wisconsin Student Solos In Class-Built Aircraft
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2017 WESTOSHA, WIS. – The partnership between Central High School’s STEM Aviation Program and Eagle’s Nest Projects, Westosha, Wis., has provided students with an…
Wisconsin’s High School To Begin Second STEM Aircraft Project
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2017 The story of Westosha Central’s Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) aviation program in Westosha, Wis., is far from a story about just…
Putting Kids In The Cockpit… Racine’s Young Aviators Program Celebrates 10 Years of Success!
by Stephen Myers Young Aviators Cofounder & Chairman Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2017 When I reflect on the experience I had at Young Aviators, some words come immediately…
South Dakota University To Host ACE Camp
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 BROOKINGS, SD – South Dakota University will host an Aviation Career Education (ACE) Camp, July 9-12, 2017. The camp provides high school students…
GAMA Accepting Scholarship Applications
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 WASHINGTON, DC – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is accepting applications for two prestigious scholarships valued at $2,000 each: The Edward W….
Wisconsin High School Flys STEM Plane!
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 Central High School student, Declan Steinke, has taken the controls of “Falcon One,” an RV-12, which was the school’s first homebuilt aircraft construction…
UND Receives First of 100 New Piper Aircraft To Upgrade Training Fleet
Published in Midwest Flyer – Dec 2016/Jan 2017 GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has delivered the first of 100 new Piper aircraft trainers to the University of North…
FAA To Partner With Ohio University On NextGen
Published in Midwest Flyer – Dec 2016/Jan 2017 ATHENS, OHIO – Ohio University’s Russ College of Engineering and Technology’s Avionics Research Center has signed a five-year, $7.5 million research agreement…
Western Michigan University To Launch Virtual Reality Experience
Published in Midwest Flyer – Dec 2016/Jan 2017 BATTLE CREEK, MICH. – Western Michigan University’s (WMU) College of Aviation and Extended University Programs launched a virtual reality experience during the…
International Flying Farmers Names 2016 Scholarship Recipient
Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016 SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Michelle Peterson, 20, of Oregon, Wisconsin, has received the 2016 “International Flying Farmers Memorial Scholarship.” The award was presented at…
Kansas State Polytechnic Launches New Flight Academy For High School Students
Published in Aug/Sept 2016 issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine SALINA, KAN. – The Kansas State University (KSUP) Polytechnic campus introduced the “Fly K-State Academy” – a three-day flying program, June…