Flight Scholarship Applications Now Available

 
Students interested in learning to fly are urged to obtain an application for the Airport Day 2018 Flight Scholarship. The scholarship will pay for aircraft rental and a flight instructor for the first several hours of flight instruction needed for earning a private pilot powered airplane license or a glider license.

The scholarship is open to Santa Barbara County students between the ages of 14 to 17 years.

The scholarship is funded by grants from the Santa Ynez Valley Airport Authority and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation. Over the past several years a five local students have received flight training at Santa Ynez Valley Airport with the most recent student, Colin Jamison achieving a solo endorsement for flight in a Cessna 172.

Applications are available in the airport office at Santa Ynez Valley Airport or online at www.eaa491.org/scholarship. Deadline for applications are May 4, 2018 at 5pm. Scholarship recipients will be announced at Airport Day at Santa Ynez Valley Airport, May 19, 2018.