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ACE Breaks Ground on $4.6-Million Project Skylab Center in Lakeland

Architectural rendering of new Project Skylab facility. Courtesy of Aerospace Center for Excellence
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Key Takeaways:

  • The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) is undergoing a $4.6 million Project SkyLab expansion to accommodate its rapid growth in STEM aerospace education and workforce development programs.
  • Project SkyLab will add 8,000 square feet of new educational and event space, including a state-of-the-art simulator lab and holographic theatre, while also enhancing partnerships with higher education institutions for training.
  • ACE's successful programs, particularly its scholarship initiatives, have established it as a world leader in producing licensed teenage private pilots and a major resource for the future aerospace industry workforce.
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The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) in Lakeland, Florida, is “literally exploding at the seams,” according to ACE officials. Their ultimate mission of STEM-related aerospace education and workforce development continues to add exciting new youth programs that engage over 50,000 students a year through its various learning centers, outreach programs, summer camps, and scholarships.

Dan Pimentel

Dan Pimentel is an instrument-rated private pilot and former airplane owner who has been flying since 1996. As an aviation journalist and photographer, he has covered all aspects of the general and business aviation communities for a long list of major aviation magazines, newspapers and websites. He has never met a flying machine that he didn’t like, and has written about his love of aviation for years on his Airplanista blog. For 10 years until 2019, he hosted the popular ‘Oshbash’ social media meetup events at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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