Sporty’s Foundation Flight Training Scholarship For Small-Aircraft Maintenance Technician

Scholarship Name:

Sporty’s Foundation Flight Training Scholarship For Small-Aircraft Maintenance Technician

Purpose:

Sporty’s Foundation is offering a Recreational or Sport Pilot flight training scholarship to a small aircraft maintenance technician. The award money is not intended for use in achieving any other certificate, rating or endorsement. Award money is to be used for flight training costs only.

Eligibility:

Award recipient must plan to pursue a Recreational or Sport Pilot certificate within six months of receiving the scholarship. Award money will be sent to recipient’s employer or flight school for disbursement and will require two endorsements for deposit. Award recipients will also receive a copy of Sporty’s COMPLETE Learn to Fly Flight Training Course on interactive DVD.

Value:

$5,000.00 ea. Two scholarships awarded.

Application Submission Process and Completion Date:

Applications are due in by mid November in order to be considered for the following year, awarded at the annual Women in Aviation Conference.

Selection Process:

All scholarships, unless otherwise noted, will be awarded during the Annual International Women in Aviation Conference.

Application:

Download the Application (PDF File)

History/Background:

The Sporty’s Foundation funds programs that work to educate young people on the excitement and life-enhancing potential of general aviation.

Through its support of programs that attract young people, The Sporty’s Foundation strives to encourage a wide range of aviation career choices such as avionics technician, engineer, mechanic, pilot, etc.

Of course, no effort in aviation is effective without safety as its base, so The Sporty’s Foundation concerns itself as well with programs that educate and inform pilots how to make their flying safer.

The Sporty’s Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Website:

Women in Aviation International Scholarships