Career and Technical Education
Aviation and Aeronautics Academy
The Aviation Academy is a program where you get to fly in the mornings, so I am a
part of the professional pilot program and half of my day is spent flying
airplanes or doing ground school.
In this academy you get to learn skills like how to use tools to work on planes,
how planes fly and how they work.
So in this Academy they train you how to fly in a Cessna 172.
You learn how to safely take off and land, you learn how to several maneuvers including steep turns,
stalls, unusual altitudes and all sorts of fun stuff.
So the professional pilot program you can get your private pilot license with
instrument rating and eventually you can work your way up to getting your commercial license.
You can also earn at least a third of your airframe and powerplant
license for mechanics. So with a private pilot license you can fly under VFR
conditions or in other words visual flight rules and that allows you to fly
with passengers and go wherever you want to.
So with your commercial license it allows you to grow into your airline transport pilot license, you can with
that then go into airlines and fly with American Airlines, Delta, Southwest, etc.
Or you can go military and fly with the Air Force, Navy, Army and all that stuff or if
you wanted to do something different, you could go into the corporate route and fly
for say FlexJet, NetJets and fly the rich and famous across the world.
And with the maintenance course, you can become a mechanic, ground ops worker, or flight instructor.
Before I joined this academy, I didn’t realize how important everything was with
aviation, like even the smallest little bolt is important, very important.
To anyone who is skeptical about not wanting to join the aviation academy,
trust me it’s something fun and different to do at the beginning of your day.
I am glad that I joined this academy because it has taught me a lot about
aviation and I have had some great classes and I have learned a significant
amount that will help me to get a job in the aviation industry.
I’m glad I chose this program because it has allowed me to get ahead of everybody else, without
having this academy I would not have my private pilot license with instrument rating.
I get to experience things that normal people cant in their high school career.
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