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Welcome to national news for Aviation Explorer posts. This news is published to keep you up to speed on the latest information on aviation Explorer posts, activities, upcoming events, and industry news.
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Aviation Exploring Post 107 has taken off and is on an exciting journey in aerospace. Our journey is documented in our AEP107 FLIGHT LOGS. Our experiences, activities, member information are recorded and published to our membership, alumni, recruits, partners and friends of AEP107, generally on a weekly basis. (Click here for complete information - [PDF - 1.5 MB])
Aviation Exploring Post 107 Airventure Highlight News 08/09 - [PDF]
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| National Intercollegiate Flying Association Official Tom Fortenberry (right) presents Bradley Bormuth with the Top Pilot award at the 2006 Region X Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference Competition held in Hickory October 25 through 29. |
Aviation Explorer Bradley Bormuth of Morganton, North Carolina won the Top Pilot Award at the Region X National Intercollegiate Flying Association competition held at the Hickory Regional Airport October 25 through 29.
Bradley achieved the highest overall score of the 50 pilots competing in six flying and ground events covering a wide range of precision flight skills, aeronautical knowledge, application, and safety.
Bradley is a second year student in the Aviation Management and Career Pilot Technology program at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute in Hudson, North Carolina.
Region X of the National Intercollegiate Flying Association is composed of colleges offering Aviation degrees in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Member Schools include the US Naval Academy, Averitt, Hampton, Liberty, and Virginia Tech Universities along with Caldwell, Guilford, and Lenoir Community Colleges.
Bradley is now eligible, and plans to compete in the National competition to be held May 7 through 12, 2007 in Columbus, Ohio.
Bradley is 19 years old and President of Aviation Explorer Post 850. He has been an Aviation Explorer since 2002, earned the Aviation Exploring Career Achievement Award, and has been a participant at the Aviation Explorer Base at AirVenture Oshkosh each summer.
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| On Top is in place at Aviation Exploring Post 78. | The President of Post 78 with ASAs Marketing Director Jerry Blair. |
Aviation Exploring Post 78, sponsored by Sporty's Pilot Shop and its FBO affiliate Eastern Cincinnati Aviation, has received a gift of a Personal Computer-Based Aviation Flight Training Device (PCATD) from Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA).
ASA's PCATD, called On Top, meets FAA requirements for a loggable training device and can provide users with up to 10 hours towards an instrument rating, plus an unlimited amount of ground training hours. Complete with software, yoke, radio stack and rudder pedals, the PCATD is valued at more than $3000.00.
Post 78 will use the PCATD during meetings as an activity to introduce Aviation Explorers to flight instruments and controls and simulate cross country-flying in a realistic environment.
"Aviation Exploring provides an incredible vehicle for young people to discover exactly what aviation is all about and how they fit in --opportunities abound!" said Mike Lorden, ASA's General Manager. "ASA's On Top PCATD will assist in Explorers carrying this experience forward as they kick off their aviation careers."
News from Post 352, Mesa, AZ2010 update of Aviation Explorer Post 352 Mesa, AZ [PDF] This update is from Harold Bliss Advisor of Aviation Explorer Post 352, Charter Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing of Falcon Field, Mesa AZ. We are now up to thirty four members including, Chris Walton, Chief Flt. Instructor & four more Airline Transport Pilots {ATP} all flight instructors, who teach our ground school. Our Maintenance staff includes three Aircraft & Power Plant {A/P's] Mechanics, one Inspection Authorization {I/A} and 17 committee members, who are involved in teaching our hands on Aircraft & Helicopter Maintenance. All the Maintenance performed on our Piper Cherokee 180D is done by our A/P students under close supervision of our Certified A/P Staff. Technical updates supplied to us by Aircraft Technical Publishers {ATP}, located in California helps us maintain our Airplane in airworthy condition in accordance with FAA regulations. Sponsors like ATP, Genuine Aircraft Hardware Co. & Ken Faire of Desser Tire & Rubber Co. Inc. has been a great supporter in the last two years, also others in their special fields have facilitated in maintaining our Piper Cherokee 180D aircraft. This could not have been achieved without support from all our sponsors. We also receive great support for our aircraft parts and supplies from Varga Enterprises Inc. facilities in Chandler AZ . Pointer Inc. Chuck, David & Staff of Tempe AZ has supported us on our ELT’s. Our newest supporter is Roy & Scott of Brackett Aviation in Kingman AZ. Manufactures of Tow Bars & Engine Air Filters. Our Aviation Explorer Post 352 completed about ninety five percent of all Marshalling at the largest Copper State Air Show in Southern Arizona for the year of Oct. 2009 also our sixth year. The show staff was great people to work with. They supplied transportation on airport & three meals a day for us. Our Explorers performed flawlessly at Copper State air show thanks to the experience obtained in training from our own staff. They receive update training every year on marshalling training along with airport taxi ways, ramp control, aircraft parking & people control. This is also our sixth year attending Explorer Base Camp at Oshkosh we have taken 8 Aviation Explorers to Oshkosh this last year. |
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New Exploring Adult Leader Guide and New Exploring Youth Leader Guide at www.aviationexploring.org. Replacing the Explorer Leader Handbook are these two new guides along with 31 helpful Exploring tools that will all be posted on the Exploring Web site. Click on the download "Resources" at the bottom of the Exploring home page for direct access.
Contents of the Exploring Adult Leader Guide include: Welcome to Exploring; Purpose; Program Goals; Program Methods; Role of Adult Leadership; Position Descriptions for Post Committee, Advisor, Associate Advisor, other Associate Advisors, and Consultants; Key Factors for Success; Learning Through Experiences; Problem Solving Model; Quality Control; Reflection; Post Bylaws; list of Helpful Exploring Tools on the Exploring Web site; and Typical Post Organization Chart.
Contents of the Exploring Youth Leader Guide include: Welcome to Exploring; What Is Exploring?; What's Happened Up to This Point?; Responsibilities of an Explorer Post Officer; Position Descriptions for President, Administrative Vice President, Program Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer; Explorer Activity Interest Surveys; Post Officers' Seminar; Regular Post Meeting; Qualities of a Good Program; Role of the Activity Chair; Post Bylaws; list of Helpful Exploring Tools on the Exploring Web site; Typical Post Organization Chart; Exploring Activity Planner; and Explorer Activity Interest Survey.
Contents of Helpful Exploring Tools at www.learning-for-life.org/exploring include: Book, Secretary's Records; Book, Treasurer's Records; Clip Art, Exploring; Form, Approval of Parents or Guardians; Form, Brainstorming Five Program Emphasis Areas; Form, Money-Earning Application; Games, Challenge Initiative Games; Games, Cooperative Games; Games, Problem-Solving Initiative Games; Guide, Becoming and Being a Leader (post officers); Guide, Developing a Community of Youth Leaders; Guide, Exploring for People With Disabilities; Guide, Leadership Checkup (post Advisor); Guide, Leadership Checkup (post officers); Guide, Post Advisor Reflection; Guide, Post Officers' Reflection; Guide, Problem-Solving Skills; Guide, Suggested Post Bylaws; How to Brainstorm; How to Conduct a Post Parents' Night; How to Develop Service Projects; How to Earn Money; How to Generate Publicity; How to Introduce a Speaker; How to Lead a Discussion; How to Make a Speech; How to Plan Your Superactivity; How to Recruit New Participants; How to Teach a Skill; How to Use Charts and Posters; and How to Use Parliamentary Procedure.
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A new super aviation Exploring print PSA in both four-color and black-and-white options has been produced by Cosby Stone, Managing Partner of Trade-A-Plane Publishing Company and member of the National Aviation Exploring Committee. The following aviation publications have been provided the new print PSA: Airline Pilot Careers, Airport Business, Aircraft Maintenance Technology, Aviation for Women, Aviation Week AND Space Technology, EAA Sport Aviation, Flight Training AOPA, Flying, Flyer, Helicopter World, NBAA's Journal of Business Aviation Management, Plane AND Pilot, Private Pilot, and ROTOR.
The second edition of the Collegiate Aviation Guide is now available from the University Aviation Association (UAA). It lists 119 institutions that offer majors in aviation, making it an excellent tool for identifying institutions and the types of aviation programs available.
Each listing is composed of a complete point of contact, including name, address, telephone number, fax, e-mail, and Web site. Institutional information, such as tuition fees, highest degree offered, and entrance requirements, is also included. Under the "Aviation Program" heading readers will find specific information pertaining to the program itself. Some of the categories included are FAA certificate offerings, cost of lab fees, scholarships available to aviation students, and nine other categories of specific program information. A chart that includes type of degree, credit hours, enrollment, and remarks on each program offered by the institution is included at the end of each listing. For added convenience, a quick reference chart of each institution's type of degree offered and the aviation program is also included.
Copies of the guide are available to members for $20 and to nonmembers for $30, with a $5 charge for shipping and handling. Orders can be placed by calling the UAA central office at 1-334-844-2434, or mailing a request to the UAA at 3410 Skyway Drive, Auburn, AL 36830. Additional ordering information is available on their Web site at http://uua.auburn.edu
UAA represents 600 members consisting of two- and four-year collegiate institutions offering aviation programs along with government and aviation industry organizations with an interest in aviation education.
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