2011 Aviation/Aerospace Education Expo a Huge Success

The Aviation Education Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes Aviation and Aerospace education, hosted the Westchester Aviation /Aerospace Education Expo on October 20th. and 21st. at the Pepsico Facility at Westchester County Airport.

Over 850 middle and high school students attended the Expo from neighboring New York and Connecticut school districts. Schools attending the event included: Ossining High School, St. Dominic Academy, Trumbull High School, Roosevelt High School Riverside High School, LEAH (Loving Education At Home) Casmir Pulaski Middle School, Somers High School, John G. Bordon Middle School, and Brookfield High School in CT.

The goal of this year’s event was to ignite the interest of middle and high school students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the context of aviation and aerospace.

Many aviation and aerospace educators, engineers, research scientists, and aircraft maintenance personnel, were on hand to discuss, display, and demonstrate how important science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are to the many career opportunities available in the aviation/aerospace industry.

Some of the featured presentations included: Mad Scientist- Tom Chadwick/ Video of NASA Orbital Shutttle Flight; Flight Safety Intl- Desktop Graphic Smulator; Scott Jordon, EAA Builder; IBM Watson- Mike Gordon, FAA Air Traffic Control-Smart Skies, Joan Brown.

Also on display were numerouse aircraft such as a Cirrus S22 Turbo; Van's RV-10; Cessna SkyCatcher; Piper Meridian Turbo Prop; Cessna 172 Glass Cockpit,

This years Expo featured many local corporations and organizations that are active in supporting local aviation. These include: PepsiCo, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, Gulfstream Aerospace, Tudor Investment, Xerox, Westchester Aviation Association, Executive Jet Management/Net Jets, Cessna Aircraft Company, Embraer, McGraw-Hill Companies, General Electric Air Transport, Webster Bank, ASME Westchester Section, Jet Systems Inc., Bombardier Aerospace, Columbia Aircraft Sales, Experimental Aircraft Association, Performance Flight, Panorama Flight Service, Safety International and NBAA.

For more information, visit our website: www.aviationeducationcorp.org