MURFREESBORO — From
unmanned aircraft to flying to maintenance, 30 high school students from across
Tennessee experienced the various aspects of the profession during the MTSU
aerospace Introduction to Aviation Camp June 1-5.
The camp was held both at the Jean A. Jack Flight Operations
Center and other MTSU facilities at Murfreesboro Airport and in aerospace
technology labs in the Business and Aerospace Building.
To watch video from the camp, visit https://youtu.be/63mm_-2RdtU.
Coordinated by MTSU’s nationally respected Department of
Aerospace, the activities included unmanned aircraft systems, pro pilot, flight
simulators, maintenance management and the air traffic control and technology
laboratories.
“We’ve been rotating them through the various stations,
representing all of the operational aspects of aviation,” said professor Wendy
Beckman, the director of the fifth-year camp.
“It has been a great experience,” said Tim Potter, 16, of
Christiana, Tennessee, midway through the camp. “You get to fly and see how
things run. You see the job opportunities, such as unmanned aircraft and the
transporting of goods and freight.”
Potter, a rising Riverdale High School sophomore, has
aviation in his genes. His father, Tim, flies for UPS.
Carson Rogers, 12, of Murfreesboro, a rising seventh-grader
at Central Magnet School, said what he found interesting was “learning about
how plane parts are made.”
Weather, which included fog and low clouds, delayed flights
in the Introduction to Aviation Camp.
The Professional Pilot Advanced Camp, which is full, will be
held June 15-17 in the MTSU facilities at the airport. This camp offers three
days of flight-oriented instruction.
To learn more about the camps and about registering for
either camp in 2016, visit www.mtsu.edu/aerospace.
For more information about the camps or the aerospace
program, call the 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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