The 8-day EAA Advanced Air Academy camp includes:
-- Lodging and meals, transfers from/to Appleton airport
-- Flight Training Ground School - NOT flight training
-- Aircraft Construction, Restoration & Maintenance Skills
-- Airplanes - Learn about aviation history and flight
-- See some of the World's Largest Aviation event:
https://www.airventure.org/
At this LINK, watch the short video narrated by pilot & actor Harrison Ford.
AirVenture is located on 1,400 acres
The EAA106 Youth Scholarship pays for:
1 -- The camp's TUITION (covers the above) - after any "Campership*"
2 -- FLIGHT** (any major New England Airport to Appleton, WI)
3 -- $70 towards the baggage FEE (1 bag @ $35 each way)
* = A winner and their family MUST submit 2 applications to EAA not later than MARCH 8 or our scholarship becomes invalid
See Winner Requirements
** = Three notes regarding the flights to/from Appleton, WI:
1) EAA Chapter 106 arranges and pays for the round-trip flight. EAA106 will work with each winner and their parent(s) to select the best flight (based on a balance of schedule and cost), but EAA106 books and pays for the flight, not the winner nor parents.
2) The camp handles the transfer between Appleton airport and the camp on the start (a Tuesday evening) and end (a Wednesday morning) dates of the camp.
3) IF the winner wants a later return date (to stay at AirVenture after the camp to see more - forums, hands-on practice for aircraft construction, night airshows, etc), they or their parent must:
a) submit written parental permission if under 18,
b) make & pay for their own lodging arrangements after the camp (some youth have arranged to stay with others from their flight school), and
c) reimburse EAA Chapter 106 the difference in flight cost (the camp ends Wednesday morning, but flights returning from AirVenture later in the week always cost more). EAA Chapter 106 will only pay the cost of a flight for the camp start/end dates.
