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Scholarships

At Delta Connection Academy, we understand you are making a large investment in your education to achieve your career goal of becoming a professional airline pilot. As you make plans for financing your aviation career education, we encourage you to consider applying for an aviation scholarship. There are many scholarship sources available to you. Here is a list of some of the sources available.

This is just a glimpse of what is available. A good tool for beginning the hunt for dollars is available at the University Aviation Association. For $20, UAA will send either a book or a CD listing hundreds of scholarship sources. Now, are you ready for a startling statistic? Just for grins, do an internet search for "aviation scholarships." At this very moment, there are over 60,000 web addresses featuring aviation scholarships! Chances are, there is some good-hearted person, company, school, or organization that just might be willing to give you a financial push up the career ladder!

AOPA - Air Safety Foundation

AOPA lists three scholarships awarded annually, including the AOPA Air Safety Foundation/McAllister Memorial Scholarship.

Ninety-Nines: The Amelia Earhart Memorial Career Scholarship

The Amelia Earhart Memorial Career Scholarship helps members advance their aviation career by paying for the cost of training to complete an advanced pilot or aviation training course, such as a multi-engine rating or jet type rating, a flight instructor or airline transport pilot certificate, or a college course. These unique scholarships cover the entire cost of flight training or tuition to complete the certificate, rating, or coursework. Among other eligibility requirements, the applicant must be a two-year member of the Ninety-Nines. 

OBAP Scholarship

Delta Connection Academy, Delta Air Lines and Organization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP) announce the first full flight training scholarship which includes tuition, housing and books valued at over $100,000!

To apply, candidates must meet the outlined criteria below and submit the following information:

  • Must be 18 yrs of age or older
  • Download and complete the Application of Admission
  • Minimum of two years college experience and copy of Associates Degree or transcripts showing credits that would equal an AA degree
  • Copy of 1st or 2nd class FAA medical certificate. If medical certificate is needed, please visit www.flightphysical.com to find a certified flight physician in your area
  • Copy of U.S. passport or U.S. birth certificate
  • Copy of drivers license
  • Copy of any pilot certificate(s) – not required
  • Three (3) one page letters of recommendation. Limit one from family
  • Typed, descriptive 500 word essay on your passion for aviation and how this scholarship would impact your career goals
  • Copy of resume
  • OBAP member in good standing (Membership is open to all, visit OBAP.org for more information)

Candidates interested in applying for this scholarship must submit a completed application package (items listed above) including five (5) copies postmarked no later than July 1, 2008. Finalists will be selected and interviewed by a selection committee. The winning candidate will be announced at the Organization of Black Airline Pilots conference in Miami during the week of August 11 -16, 2008.

Please submit your completed scholarship application and copies to: Delta Connection Academy Attn: Rachel Gaffney - Marketing Manager 2700 Flight Line Drive Sanford, Florida Delta Connection Academy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, operates a fleet of more than 110 aircraft, including the latest in technically advanced aircraft with its fleet of 34 new Cirrus SR-20 G2 aircraft and its Level 3 Advanced Aircraft Training Devices and Level 6 Flight Training Devices. The Academy has trained students from 90 different countries and has placed pilots with more than 30 airlines including, but not limited to, all Delta Connection carriers, American Eagle Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines and Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines. In addition to its main campus at the Orlando/Sanford International Airport, the Academy is the flight-training partner for three colleges and universities across the United States and has a total enrollment of more than 750 flight students. For more information about Delta Connection Academy, call 1.800.U.CAN.FLY or visit www.DeltaConnectionAcademy.com.

  Application of Admission

Women in Aviation

Delta Connection Academy Training Scholarship - The Academy offers one $5,000.00 scholarship per year through the Women in Aviation Organization. Visit the Women in Aviation Website for more details.

Women In Aviation International

Besides the scholarship offered by the Academy, WIAI is truly a shining example of professionals helping future professionals. The organization has provided over $3 million in scholarships to its membership over the past seven years. Viewing their Website, nearly 50 scholarships are listed encompassing all fields of aviation valued from $750 up to $35,000.

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