Contents
Summary
Chapter 1 Introduction 3
1.1 Purpose of the Research and Report 3
1.2 Reason for Development 4
1.3 Intended Audience for This Resource 5
1.4 Contents of This Resource 5
1.5 How This Resource Was Developed 6
1.6 Summary 7
Chapter 2 Importance of Aviation Education and Activities 8
2.1 Overview of Education Practices 8
2.2 Overview of Aviation Activities 11
2.3 Summary 18
Chapter 3 Careers in the Aviation Industry 19
3.1 Flight 19
3.2 Control 23
3.3 Manage 23
3.4 Maintain 25
3.5 Design 27
3.6 Operate 28
3.7 Other Aviation Careers 30
3.8 Workforce Development 30
3.9 Summary 31
Chapter 4 Pathway to Establishing an Aviation Career Program 32
4.1 Importance of an Intentional Pathway 33
4.2 Summary 36
Chapter 5 Sample of Organizations Involved 37
in Aviation Education
5.1 Federal Agencies 37
5.2 National Industry and Trade Organizations 38
5.3 National Youth Organizations 48
5.4 Summary 50
Chapter 6 Selected Case Studies of Entities Involved in Aviation Education 51
6.1 Purpose of the Case Studies 51
6.2 How the Case Studies Were Chosen 52
6.3 Summary of Challenges and Opportunities from Review of the Case Studies 52
6.4 Case Studies 53
Case Study 1: Richland County School District One Challenger Learning Center 54
Case Study 2: Pima Air & Space Museum 57
Case Study 3: Insitu RoboFlight Academy 60
Case Study 4: West Michigan Aviation Academy 62
Case Study 5: Gaetz Aerospace Institute and Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University 64
Case Study 6: Basic and Advanced Aerospace Educator Courses, Middle Tennessee State University 66
Case Study 7: Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum 68
Chapter 7 Summary of Landing Pages 71
7.1 How to Use the PDFs 72
7.2 Explanation of Categories and Keywords 73
7.3 Presorted Tables 77
References and Bibliography 78
Appendix A Landing Pages Sorted by Activity,
Target Age Group, and Cost per Person 79