Upwind Foundation Announces Youth Flight Training Expansion

February 1, 2016 (San Carlos, CA) The Upwind Foundation (Upwind), now in its fourth year of operation, has released the 2016 scholarship applications and program dates. Upwind aims to transform a high school student into a Private Pilot during the summer between their junior and senior year. Upwind was created to promote piloting and general aviation, to cultivate interest in aviation as a career, and to address the nationwide pilot shortage.

Upwind is excited to announce two new programs! New for 2016 is a helicopter scholarship and a youth training initiative. The helicopter scholarship does for helicopters what the original Upwind scholarship continues to do for airplanes, create a newly minted helicopter pilot during the students' summer between junior and senior year of high school. The youth training initiative's (YTI) goal is to provide funds for a youth or young adult to complete their training or perform additional training. The YTI is aimed at furthering a young pilot's progression to more advanced certificates, ratings, and experience.

Upwind selects high school students and awards them a scholarship inclusive of everything they need to earn a Private Pilot certificate. This includes ground and flight training with expert instructors, as well as all the necessary books, charts, and basic flight planning tools. Additionally, the scholarship recipient will receive mentorship and guidance from other pilots, and enjoy many other social and flying activities. The 2016 program winner will be selected in March and will begin ground training in April with flight training beginning in June.

Call For Applications - Applications are now being accepted and the deadline to apply is February 26, 2016. To apply, download the application at http://www.upwindscholarship.com. For more information about the Upwind Summer Scholarship Program, please visit http://www.upwindscholarship.com or email info@upwindscholarship.com.