NEWS “The cost of education in
aviation is high, both for pilots and maintenance personnel,” says Allison McKay, vice president of HFI. “So often, this requires a student to split their time between academics and working to pay for their education. Through our scholarship program, we help to offset this burden and allow the students to focus on continuing their education. We offer our congratulations to this year’s recipients.”
HFI funds these scholarships — this year worth approximately $70,000 — through donations, auctions, other fundraising events, and direct funding by SUU. As a nonprofit foundation, HFI also supports helicopter safety programs and the preservation of the history of the helicopter industry.
Each year, HFI presents four $5,000
scholarships to pilots working toward earning their commercial helicopter rating so that they may pursue employment as a helicopter pilot. This year’s recipients are Sakaya Arai of Beverly Hills, CA; Charles Beesley of Cole Camp, MO; Melissa Cooper of Kailua, Kona, HI; and Joyce Yu of Portland, OR.
Recipients of the new flight training scholarships at Southern Utah University, worth up to $20,000 each, are Brendon Peterson of Ionia, MI, and Kaylee Elliot of Cedar City, UT. Additionally, HFI awards up to six $2,500 scholarships for students in maintenance technician programs. This year, HFI awarded the scholarships to Evan Falk of Holt, MI; Tracy Geest of Tremonton, UT; Hamin Kirn of Williamsport,
PA; Michael Ranker of Laurel, MD; Noah White of Cornerbrook, Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada; and Carlos Ybarra of Waco, TX. HFI proudly offers the Michelle
North Scholarship for Safety, awarded this year to Joshua Chason of Braselton, VA. North is a past chairman of Helicopter Association International’s (HAI) Safety Committee, an educator, and an industry-recognized helicopter safety expert and advocate. This scholarship provides the recipient with full tuition to the HFI Safety Management program at HAI HELI-EXPO. HFI also oversees the Bill
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Sanderson Aviation Maintenance Scholarships, administering the program on behalf of HAI’s Technical Committee. Offered in conjunction with airframe, engine and avionics manufacturers, recipients use the scholarships to attend airframe- or equipment-specific training courses with stipends of up to $1,600. Manufacturers participating in the program for 2019 include Airbus, Honeywell, Leonardo, MD Helicopters, Pratt and Whitney, Rolls-Royce and Safran Turbomeca. Recipients of the scholarships and stipends this year include: Paul Pelletier of Columbia, CT (Airbus); Cody Bentzel of Williamsport, PA (Leonardo); Ethan Mutschler of Mifflinburg, PA (Pratt and Whitney); Klade Kerr of Timmons, Ontario, Canada (MD Helicopters); Daniel Galica of Tinley Park, IL (Honeywell); Evan Falk of Holt, MI (Rolls-Royce); and Cullen Thompson of Mountain, Ontario, Canada (Safran Turbomeca). “We encourage students around the
world to pursue their dreams of flying and maintaining helicopters,” says McKay. “The application process for the 2020 scholarships begins in August 2019, and interested students can find more information at our website:
www.helicopterfoundation.org.”
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