Bill Kimble Flight Scholarship
Announcement 2010
Continuation
of the scholarship is subject to maintaining adequate progress towards a
license and following club rules.
Barring unusual circumstances, we would expect a candidate to have
passed both their written and practical tests and obtain their private pilot’s
license within six months of receiving an award. The Committee reserves the right to terminate
a scholarship award in those exceptional situations where it is felt, in our
judgment, that an award recipient is making insufficient progress towards
obtaining a pilot’s license or otherwise violating the conditions of the
scholarship.
Scholarship
awards will be based primarily on the Scholarship Committee’s assessment of an
applicant’s desire to fly, interest in a flying career, and general level of
maturity. We are basing our decisions on
direct contact with the applicant through interview and possibly through a
preliminary flight. Necessarily, we will
also consider various practical details such as parental support, driving
distance to the airport, (No transportation to and from the airport is
provided.) and competing interests.
Earning
a pilot’s license typically requires an average of 45 hours of flight time,
considerable ground school training, either formal or informal, and a fair
amount of study on your own time. The
amount of time and energy is easily equal to a part-time job. Putting in the flying time to learn the
necessary physical skills requires staying in contact with your instructor and
being willing to be flexible. Weather
can always end up forcing the rescheduling of a planned flight. If you are not willing to reschedule job
hours, say no to your friends or make similar sacrifices you can easily find
yourself going weeks without flying.
Most students find that the skills of flying are far more readily
acquired with regular and frequent practice.
Gaining the knowledge to pass the written test (administered by the FAA)
also requires perseverance. It does not
require a straight A student, but it does require more than rudimentary skill
with math, language and reasoning. The
instructors at Greencastle, unlike many of your public school teachers or your
parents, will not nag you very often to do these things. We expect a mature and motivated student to
seek the training and knowledge they need to move ahead.
The
Greencastle Aero Club is an ideal place to undertake the sometimes arduous but
exciting task of learning to fly. The
club is located at Nelson Field, on F 28 about five miles west of
Eligibility: Applicants must be US citizens. The Greencastle Aero Club does not
discriminate based on race, creed or sex. Although it is anticipated that
many candidates will come from families already belonging to the Aero Club, no
special consideration is given to such applicants. You must intend to remain in the area (close
enough to come to the airport weekly) until you have obtained your
license.
Age: You must be at least 16 and no more than 18
by the time you begin training. High
school seniors and others who plan to leave the area in the fall may apply, but
should recognize that some preference is given to those who have another year
of school remaining.
Legal: You must be free of alcohol or drug-related
offenses for at least a year before the application. We also expect a scholarship recipient to
remain free of such offenses during training.
Medical: An applicant must be able to pass the flight
physical (and will be expected to do so at his or her own expense before
beginning training)
Parental
Approval for Minors: For both legal and
philosophical reasons we require signed permission of the parent(s)/guardian(s)
of any minor before starting flying lessons.
Membership
in Green Castle Aero Club: To use club
airplanes the scholarship recipient must become a member of Green Castle Aero
Club, LTD. If the recipient is a minor,
his or her immediate family members are also included in the membership. There is no membership charge while the
scholarship recipient is in training supported by the scholarship. Once the scholarship is completed, the
scholarship recipient becomes an ordinary club member and is subject to monthly
dues.
Scholarship paid expenses:
Flight Instruction up to a maximum of 45 hours
(airplane rental and flight instructor time)
Cost of approved instructional materials
Cost of taking the written test (one time only)
Cost of the check ride (one time only) required to
obtain a private pilot’s license.
Expenses YOU pay:
Cost of flight physical (typically $80 - $120.)
Cost of transportation to and from lessons.
Cost of purchasing any optional materials such as a
headset (the Club has “loaners.”)
Cost of repeat written test or repeat check ride if
required.
COST OF ANY INSTRUCTION OR FLYING BEYOND 45 HOURS.
Miscellaneous: All instruction will be in Aero Club
airplanes and be given by Aero Club approved instructors. Awarding and
maintaining the scholarship are solely the prerogatives of the Greencastle Aero
Club. If you are offered and accept this
scholarship we expect you to work hard and do your best to progress through
training to earning a pilot’s license.
Applications should be sent
by April 30, 2010 to:
Flight-Training
Scholarship
Attn:
James Beeghly