With a goal of becoming an astronaut, aerospace engineer, and CEO, Boy Scouts like Nickoli D’Agrella have gained valuable aviation maintenance experience in the Scout Aviation Maintenance Experience (SAME) Program, which provides summer scholarships that offer hands-on training at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (KOSC) in northeast Michigan. The program has announced applications are open now through March 15, 2021, for young men and women to be selected for this summer’s program.
Boy Scouts Program Providing Valuable Aviation Maintenance Experience
Key Takeaways:
- The Scout Aviation Maintenance Experience (SAME) Program offers summer scholarships to young men and women (Scouts aged 14+ or 8th grade+) for hands-on aviation maintenance training at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Michigan.
- Founded and primarily funded by retired USAF veterans, the program provides valuable practical experience, such as rebuilding aircraft, which significantly aids participants in their aerospace college and career paths.
- Participants gain certified maintenance hours and become eligible for year-long flight training scholarships; applications for the seven-week 2021 program were open until March 15, 2021.
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