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 for eligible youth to gain hands-on aviation maintenance training by rebuilding aircraft at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport.
- Participants acquire valuable logged maintenance experience, essential career preparation for aviation fields, and become eligible for a yearlong flight training scholarship upon completion.
- Founded and primarily funded by three retired USAF veterans, the program offers scholarships valued at approximately $6,000 per participant.
- Applications for the 2021 summer program were open through March 15, 2021, for registered Scouts who have completed the eighth grade or are 14 years old.
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