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NBAA Scholarships
NBAA offers several scholarships to promote professional development and business aviation careers.

Maintenance TRACS : NBAA Maintenance Committee is dedicated to promoting technical education and professional development as a means for corporate maintenance technicians to enhance their careers. These corporate sponsors: Bombardier Aerospace, CAE SimuFlite, Cessna Aircraft, FlightSafety International, Global Jet Services, Gulfstream Aerospace, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Raytheon Aircraft and Rolls-Royce are supporting this program. The Committee has setup training programs for various specialize maintenance training like initial technical maintenance training for various aircraft.
DEADLINE: \nFebruary 15, 2007.

International Operators Scholarship:
The International Operators Committee is dedicated to promoting education and training to increase safety and \nprofessionalism. With the financial support of ExxonMobil Aviation and the Avitats $5,000 is offered. DEADLINE: January 31, 2007

Flight Attendant Scholarship:
The Flight Attendant Committee is dedicated to promoting education and training as a means to increase professionalism. To further this objective sponsors have teamed up with the committee for this purpose: AirCare, Air Chef, Alteon, Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training, Bombardier Aerospace, CAE/SimuFlite, Castle Kitchens Ltd., Corporate Flight Attendant Training Alliance, The Corporate School of Etiquette, The Darden School at the University of Virginia, Dassault Falcon Jet, FACTS, Flight Safety International, MedAire, Inc., Rudy’s In-Flight Catering, STARK Survival, Survival Systems USA Inc., and Susan C. Friedenberg Corporate Flight Attendant Training. DEADLINE: March 30, 2007.
DEADLINE: February 15, 2007.

International Operators Scholarship: The International Operators Committee is dedicated to promoting education and training to increase safety and professionalism. With the financial support of ExxonMobil Aviation and the Avitats $5,000 is offered. DEADLINE: January 31, 2007

Flight Attendant Scholarship: The Flight Attendant Committee is dedicated to promoting education and training as a means to increase professionalism. To further this objective sponsors have teamed up with the committee for this purpose: AirCare, Air Chef, Alteon, Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training, Bombardier Aerospace, CAE/SimuFlite, Castle Kitchens Ltd., Corporate Flight Attendant Training Alliance, The Corporate School of Etiquette, The Darden School at the University of Virginia, Dassault Falcon Jet, FACTS, Flight Safety International, MedAire, Inc., Rudy’s In-Flight Catering, STARK Survival, Survival Systems USA Inc., and Susan C. Friedenberg Corporate Flight Attendant Training. DEADLINE: March 30, 2007. (This application will be updated and posted on the website in late January, 2007 as the Flight Attendant Committee coordinates sponsors.)

William M. Fanning Maintenance Scholarship: NBAA annually awards two $2,500 scholarships to applicants who are pursuing careers as maintenance technicians. One award will benefit a student who currently is enrolled in an accredited airframe & powerplant (A&P) program at an approved Part 147 school. The second award will benefit an individual who currently is not enrolled but has been accepted for enrollment in an A&P program. DEADLINE: August 1,2007. Lawrence Ginocchio Scholarship: To honor a remarkable man whose strength of character inspired a high standard, 5 $5,000 scholarships are offered. Applicants must be students at NBAA/UAA Member programs. DEADLINE: August 1, 2007.

USAIG PDP Scholarship: The U.S. Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG) annually awards a $1,000 scholarships to applicants who are enrolled full-time in a college or university offering the NBAA Professional Development Program (PDP). DEADLINE: August 1, 2007.

William M. Fanning Maintenance Scholarship: NBAA annually awards two $2,500 scholarships to applicants who are pursuing careers as maintenance technicians. One award will benefit a student who currently is enrolled in an accredited airframe & powerplant (A&P) program at an approved Part 147 school. The second award will benefit an individual who currently is not enrolled but has been accepted for enrollment in an A&P program. DEADLINE: August 1, 2007.

Lawrence Ginocchio Scholarship: To honor a remarkable man whose strength of character inspired a high standard, 5 $5,000 scholarships are offered. Applicants must be students at NBAA/UAA Member programs. DEADLINE: August 1, 2007.

USAIG PDP Scholarship: The U.S. Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG) annually awards a $1,000 scholarships to applicants who are enrolled full-time in a college or university offering the NBAA Professional Development Program (PDP). A list of participating schools can be found on the last page of the application. DEADLINE: August 1, 2007.

Nordam Howard Fage Scholarship: The Nordam Group annually awards one $2,500 Scholarship to an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Student majoring in aerospace engineering or aeronautical systems maintenance engineering. DEADLINE: August 1, 2007.

Avfuel Michigan Business: Aviation Scholarship The Avfuel Corporation annually awards one $500 Scholarship to a student in a undergraduate or graduate program in the state of Michigan. A list of participating schools can be found on the last page of the application. DEADLINE: August 1, 2007.

Janice K. Barden Scholarship: The Scholarship presents five $1,000 awards to undergraduates who are studying aviation-related curricula. Students must be enrolled in NBAA/UAA Member schools. DEADLINE: November 1, 2006.

Schedulers & Dispatchers Scholarship: The Schedulers & Dispatchers Committee is continuing to promote education as a means to increase the professionalism of their positions. Over $40,000 in financial support from the ExxonMobil and the Avitats, Signature Flight Support, Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc, Chevron Global Aviation, Atlantic Aviation., Air BP Aviation Services Jeppesen DataPlan, Jet Aviation and AC-U-KWIK. Other training awards to get your dispatch license or other similar training is available with another S&D Training Scholarship application. One other $5,000 scholarship is available to Canadian citizens in the Shell Canada S&D Scholarship. DEADLINE: November 10, 2006.

CAMC Scholarship: The NBAA Corporate Aviation Management Committee, in cooperation with sponsors: Pentastar Aviation, Strickland Insurance, Summit Solutions and The VanAllen Group, has established the Corporate Aviation Management Scholarship to enable qualified candidates to attend the NBAA Leadership Conference. This includes over $800 awarded for travel to attend the Leadership Conference in February. Deadline: December 1, 2006.

NBAA does have over $100,000 in various scholarships for a career in business aviation but in most cases you must be a sophomore or higher in a field related to a career in corporate aviation. In certain cases, if you are starting a career in aircraft maintenance you may be eligible as a freshmen but in any case you must be accepted at a program that teaches toward a maintenance career. For most of the scholarships, you must be sophomore and have at least at 3.0 average. I encourage to continue on your quest and seek the grades that will make you eligible for the scholarships that are out there. I look forward to hearing from you next year. Below is a brief description of some other options you may consider.

Aviation

Aviation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aviation refers to flying using aircraft, machines designed by humans for atmospheric flight. More generally, the term also describes the activities, industries, and regulatory bodies associated with aircraft.

History:
There are records of early short-distance glider flights from the 10th and 11th centuries and possibly earlier human-carrying kites from China, but practical human aviation (trips lasting more than a few seconds) began on November 21, 1783, with the first untethered human flight in a hot air balloon designed by the Montgolfier brothers. A little over a century later, on December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers flew the first successful powered, heavier-than-air flight, though their aircraft was impractical to fly for more than a short distance because of control problems. The widespread adoption of ailerons made aircraft much easier to manage, and only a decade later, at the start of World War I, heavier-than-air powered aircraft had become practical for reconnaissance, artillery spotting, and even attacks against ground positions.
Aircraft began to transport people and cargo as designs grew larger and more reliable. Initially, airships (also called dirigibles) were believed to be the most practical means of air transportation of passengers. In the 1930s, however, the Douglas DC-3 became the first airliner that was profitable carrying passengers exclusively, starting the modern era of passenger airline service. Around the same time, the Hindenburg disaster of 1937 destroyed airships' popularity (though there are periodic initiatives to revive their use). By the beginning of World War II, many towns and cities had built airports, and there were numerous qualified pilots available. The war brought many innovations to aviation, including the first jet aircraft and the first liquid-fueled rockets.
After WWII, especially in North America, there was a boom in general aviation, both private and commercial, as thousands of pilots were released from military service and many inexpensive war-surplus transport and training aircraft became available. Small aircraft manufacturers such as Cessna, Piper, and Beechcraft expanded production to provide small aircraft for the new middle class market.
By the 1950s, the development of civil jets grew, beginning with the de Havilland Comet, though the first widely-used passenger jet was the Boeing 707. At the same time, turboprop propulsion began to appear for smaller commuter planes, making it possible to serve small-volume routes in a much wider range of weather conditions.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel to space on April 12, 1961, while Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon on July 21, 1969.
Since the 1960s, composite airframes and quieter, more efficient engines have become available, but the most important innovations have taken place in instrumentation and control. The arrival of solid-state electronics, the Global Positioning System, satellite communications, and increasingly small and powerful computers and LED displays, have dramatically changed the cockpits of airliners and, increasingly, of smaller aircraft as well. Pilots can navigate much more accurately and view terrain, obstructions, and other nearby aircraft on a map or through synthetic vision, even at night or in low visibility.
On June 21, 2004, SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded aircraft to make a spaceflight, opening the possibility of an aviation market outside the earth's atmosphere.

Civil aviation

Civil aviation includes all non-military flying, both general aviation and scheduled air transport.
Commercial transport
Main article: Airline


Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A330
While there were many more in the past, there are currently only five major manufacturers of civil transport aircraft:
Airbus, based in Europe (primarily France)
Boeing, based in the United States
Bombardier, based in Canada
Embraer, based in Brazil
Tupolev, based in Russia (scheduled to be merged into the United Aircraft Building Corporation)
Boeing, Airbus, and Tupolev concentrate on larger airliners, while Bombardier and Embraer concentrate on commuter aircraft.
Until the 1970s, most major airlines were flag carriers, sponsored by their governments and heavily protected from competition. Since then, various open skies agreements have resulted in increased competition and choice for consumers, coupled with falling prices for airlines. The combination of high fuel prices, low fares, high salaries, and crises such as the September 11, 2001 attacks and the SARS epidemic have driven many older airlines to government-bailouts, bankruptcy or mergers. At the same time, low-cost carriers such as Ryanair and Southwest have flourished.
General Aviation
Main article: General aviation


1947 Cessna 120
General aviation includes any flight that is not military and does not fly on a regular schedule, ranging from a recreational flight in a hang glider to a non-scheduled cargo flight in a Boeing 747. The majority of flights on any day will fall into this category.
Because of the huge range of activities, it is difficult to cover general aviation with a simple description — general aviation may include business flights, private aviation, flight training, parachuting, gliding, hang gliding, foot-launched powered hang gliders, air ambulance, crop dusting, charter flights, traffic reporting, police air patrols, forest fire flighting, and many other types of flying.
Each country regulates aviation differently, but typically, general aviation falls under several different types of regulations depending on whether it is private or commercial and on the type of equipment involved.
Many small aircraft manufacturers, including Cessna, Piper, Mooney, Cirrus Design, Raytheon, and others serve the general aviation market, with a focus on private aviation and flight training. The most important recent developments for small aircraft have been the introduction of advanced avionics (including GPS) that were formerly found only in large airliners, and the introduction of composite materials to make small aircraft lighter and faster.

Military aviation



The Lockheed SR-71 was remarkably advanced for its time and remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance.
Simple airships were used as surveillance aircraft as early as the 18th century. Over the years, military aircraft have been built to meet ever increasing capability requirements. Manufacturers of military aircraft compete for contracts to supply their government's arsenal. Aircraft are selected based on factors like cost, performance, and the speed of production.
Types of military aircraft
Fighter aircraft's primary function is to destroy other aircraft. (e.g. F-16, MiG-29, and the Mirage 2000])
Ground attack aircraft are used against tactical earth-bound targets. (e.g. Su-25, A-10, and the F/A-18)
Bombers are generally used against more strategic targets. (e.g. Tu-22, Tu-160, B-24, and the B-52)
Surveillance aircraft have special capabilities used for reconnaissance (e.g. U-2, MiG-25R and SR-71)