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A Young Eagle participant just after completing her flight A Young Eagle participant departing on his flight with a volunteer pilot A GlaStar built for Young Eagles flights Project Schoolflight , co-founded by EAA founder Paul Poberezny in 1955, served as the inspirational predecessor program to the Young Eagles, ending in 1978.
Flight Southwest Region Glider Flight Academy Clovis, NM: Flight Utah Wing Powered Flight Academy West Jordan, UT: Flight National Cadet Competition Wright State University, OH Leadership Southeast Region Glider Flight Academy Tullahoma, TN: Flight Air Force Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (MS) Columbus Air Force Base, MS Air Force
The current OSU Airport began in 1943 as a flight training facility for military and civilian pilots, operated by the OSU School of Aviation. [6] The airport was used as a research location for crop dusting aircraft in the 1940s. A Piper J-3 Cub was used for testing until it crashed in 1957 and the project was halted. [5]
The facility opened in June 1942 as Lockbourne Army Airfield, named for the nearby village of Lockbourne. [5] [6] Soon renamed the Northeastern Training Center of the Army Air Corps, it provided basic pilot training and military support; it also trained Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) to fly B-17 bombers and glider pilots to fly the Waco CG-4A.
FAA finalizes pilot training, certification rules for air taxis. David Shepardson. October 22, 2024 at 12:25 PM. By David Shepardson
Columbus Air Force Base (AFB) was established in 1941, after the US War Department authorized a pilot training base near Columbus, Mississippi. It was originally named Kaye Field, after World War I flying ace Samuel Kaye Jr., but confusion with nearby Key Field in Meridian, Mississippi led to it being renamed as Columbus Army Flying School.