MURFREESBORO — The
deadline is nearing for students in grades eight through 12 to be registered
for the MTSU Introduction to Aviation and Professional Pilot Advanced Camps.
Registration must be in or postmarked by Friday, May 15,
said camp Director Wendy Beckman, a Department of Aerospace professor. To
access the camp registration form, visit www.mtsu.edu/aerospace.
The camps will be held June 1-5 for the introduction camp at
both the Jean A. Jack Flight Education Center at Murfreesboro Airport and in
the Business and Aerospace Building on campus and June 15-17 for the advanced
camp at the airport. The introductory camp introduces rising eighth- through 12th-graders
to all aspects of aviation in the introduction to aviation camp and an
opportunity of three days of flight-oriented instruction in the professional
pilot advanced camp.
“The introduction to aviation camp exposes young people to
possible career paths in aviation,” Beckman said. “While we have a great time,
it is an educational camp. We are doing lots of educational, hands-on
activities.”
The activities include unmanned aerials systems, pro pilot,
flight simulators, maintenance management and the air traffic control and
technology laboratories.
The intro class culminates in a flight on one of the
university’s Diamond DA-40 glass cockpit aircraft, the same planes used in the
advanced camp.
The fee to attend the introduction to aviation camp is $380
for 30 hours of nonstop aviation activities. The fee range for the pro pilot
advanced camp is $575 to include 1.5 hours of flight time or $775 for 2.5 hours
of flight time.
For more information, call the aerospace department at
615-898-2788 or email Mary Lou Cornett at Marylou.Cornett@mtsu.edu
or Beckman at Wendy.Beckman@mtsu.edu.
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