The company has already granted $225,000 and has pledged a further $281,000 for scholarships across California, Connecticut and New York.

The mechanic scholarships are for the North Valley Occupational Aviation Center at Van Nuys Airport, Los Angeles and Connecticut Aerotech School in Hartford. Career training opportunities will be funded at Clay Lacy’s FAA Part 145 Repair Station at Waterbury-Oxford Airport.

Funding for the pilot scholarships will be assigned to students at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, and the ‘Gold Stars to Blue Skies’ programme through Raider Air which supports children of fallen US Marines in earning a private pilot license.

Finally, funding will go towards women’s aeronautics and technology scholarships at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in New York, through its International Aviation Womens Association scholarship programme.

“We are committed to helping talented individuals discover and thrive in this vital industry,” said Scott Cutshall, senior vice president of Development and Sustainability, Clay Lacy. “Aviation professionals build rewarding lives for themselves and their families, and it’s crucial that leaders in the industry are able to support them in realising their professional goals and career dreams.”

Earlier this week, the IADA Foundation awarded 10 scholarships to business aviation students and young professionals.

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Four of the awards were given to university students to help pay for their studies, while the other six were awarded to young people already employed in the sector by IADA members for education, learning and leadership opportunities.

Atlanta-based brokerage Ogarajets had two young professionals receive scholarships. The other professional recipients work for Guardian Jet, Clay Lacy Aviation, brokerage Soljets and Eagle Creek Aviation Services.

“These great young professionals and students who are building their business aviation careers will be the industry’s leaders in the future, and the IADA team is so very fortunate to be a part of their stories,” said Wayne Starling, executive director, IADA. “We wish them well as their careers takeoff and they become the business aviation leaders of tomorrow.”

Those awarded the scholarships include:

• Andrew Dondelinger, Soljets
• Ashley Graves, Eagle Creek Aviation Services
• Sam Campos, Ogarajets
• Kyle Canna, Guardian Jet
• Myrthe Simons, Clay Lacy Aviation
• Luke Leonard, Ogarajets
• Tyler Kleinsasser, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• Julia Alise Hummel, Auburn University
• Marcus Frank Gross III, University of Nebraska Omaha
• Paul Wynns, University of California San Diego

IADA established its Business Aviation Scholarship for university students seeking a career in the industry, specifically in aircraft sales, marketing, finance, legal and insurance. The association offers scholarship awards between $1,000 to $5,000.

One of the recipients, Luke Leonard, marketing manager, Ogarajets spoke about his scholarship at CJI London, which you can watch here.

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“We are grateful to Dan for his generosity and support of our industry’s future workforce,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream. “During his career here, Dan made a significant contribution to Gulfstream’s legacy of innovation, and now that impact is even stronger thanks to this scholarship endowment.”

Nale retired as Gulfstream’s senior vice president of Programs, Engineering and Test in April after more than 30 years with the company. He now works as an engineering professor at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

“Education has long been a priority for me and my family,” said Nale, who earned a doctorate in engineering from the University of South Carolina. “I am honoured to work with Gulfstream to help future generations of engineers get the education they need to be successful in this industry.”

Nale began his Gulfstream career as a structural analysis engineer in 1984 and held positions of increasing responsibility in the company’s engineering organization. He was appointed senior vice president in 2013. During his tenure at Gulfstream, Nale worked on the Gulfstream GIV and GV programs; midcabin programs, including the Gulfstream G280; and the development and entry into service of the all-new Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600.

The scholarship is open to dependents of Gulfstream employees who are pursuing a Bachelor of Science in engineering.

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The NBAA offers scholarships through NBAA Charities, and is awarding this year’s batch during NBAA-BACE at Las Vegas.

Five young people are receiving the UAA Janice K Barden Aviation Scholarship: Erich Miner, a freshman at Western Michigan University who is majoring in flight science; Joel Montoya, a senior at the University of Nebraska at Omaha who is majoring in professional flight; Natalie Shemigon, a junior at the Metropolitan State University of Denver who is majoring in aerospace science; Odanys Velazquez, a junior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University who is majoring in aeronautical science; Sgt Rainiel De La Nuez, a Marine Corps air delivery chief who is studying unmanned aircraft systems at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

The UAA Janice K Barden Aviation Scholarship was named after the late founder of Aviation Personnel International, who received the NBAA’s John P “Jack” Doswell Award for her support of business aviation.

This year’s Al Conklin  and Bill de Decker Business Aviation Management scholarship is going to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University senior Michelle Bennett, who is majoring in global business with an aviation/aerospace focus.

The scholarship was first created to honour the memory of US Air Force veteran and business aviation leader Al Conklin. It now also honours Bill de Decker’s contribution to the sector, for which he received the John P “Jack” Doswell Award in 2014. Conklin and de Decker launched the Aircraft Cost Evaluator in the 1970s and founded the Conklin & de Decker aviation information company.

The William M Fanning Maintenance Scholarship is being awarded to Jeremy Smith, a member of the Army National Guard who is completing his training as an aviation maintenance professional at the National Aviation Academy, and Scott Simon, a former aircraft commander for the Wyoming Air National Guard who is training for his A&P licence at the Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology.

The William M Fanning Maintenance Scholarship is named after retired NBAA staff member William M Fanning, who was actively involved in maintenance issues during his two decades with the Association.

There are six recipients of the Lawrence Ginocchio Aviation Scholarship this year: David Burridge, a senior at Broward College who is majoring in aircraft airframe and power plant mechanics; Petre Stefanescu, a senior at Arizona State University who is majoring in aeronautical management technology; Tate Wegman, a sophomore at Liberty University who is majoring in aeronautics; Clare Willette, a sophomore at Kent State University who is majoring in flight technology; Wilford Rose, a junior at Kansas State University who is completing a professional pilot degree.

The Lawrence Ginocchio Aviation Scholarship was created in 2001 by NBAA Charities, along with Ginocchio’s family and friends, to honour his “outstanding personal contribution” to business aviation. The recipients are chosen for “demonstrating honesty, integrity and selflessness”, according to the NBAA.

Florida Institute of Technology senior Leonia Hunt, who is majoring in aviation management with flight, is this year’s recipient of the Eddie Queen Business Aviation Management Scholarship. The scholarship was created by NBAA Charities and Signature Flight Support in memory of Queen, a Signature Flight Support line service technician for 58 years, and is awarded to business aviation management students at NBAA/UAA institutions who “show an exceptional commitment to customer service”.

NBAA Charities offers monetary and training scholarships to both students and aviation professionals worth nearly $100,000 each year. The scholarships are run by NBAA standing committees and are supported by NBAA member donors.

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