Forces To Be Reckoned With In The Aero-Educational World Team
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It's really tough to know who to trust in the aviation education
business these days... stories like the frauds surrounding the
Silver State Helicopter mess, as well as other such catastrophes,
certainly give someone thinking of an aviation education a reason
to pause.
So... when two of the best known and most highly regarded names
in the aero-educational industry decide to cooperate on something,
you know you have a good deal. The big news (and the subject of
this Aero-TV feature) is that Delta Connection Academy and Embry
Riddle Aeronautical University have partnered up on a program that
gives students who earn their tickets at Delta Connection Academy a
solid 36 credit hours toward a degree. To those looking for a solid
way toward an airline career (which favors those applicants with a
degree), this is manna from heaven.
These are two of the industry's heaviest players -- with a heck
of a pedigree. ERAU notes that on December 17, 1925, exactly 22
years after the historic flight of the Wright Flyer, barnstormer
John Paul Riddle and entrepreneur T. Higbee Embry founded the
Embry-Riddle Company at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. The
following spring the company opened the Embry-Riddle School of
Aviation. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University began with a simple
plan to train airplane pilots.
Today, Embry-Riddle is a leader in aviation and aerospace higher
education. Embry-Riddle is an independent, nonsectarian,
not-for-profit, coeducational university. The University serves
culturally diverse students seeking careers in aviation, aerospace,
engineering, and related fields. Residential campuses in Daytona
Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., provide education in a
traditional setting, while the Worldwide Campus provides
instruction through more than 130 centers in the United States,
Europe, Canada, and the Middle East and through online
learning.
Delta Connection Academy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air
Lines, operates a fleet of more than 110 aircraft and has trained
students from 89 different countries. The Academy has placed pilots
with 26 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 five colleges and universities across
the United States and has a total enrollment of more than 800
flight students.
Aero-TV Profiles A
Partnership Program Between Delta Connection Academy and
Embry-Riddle Aeronautil University
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Seeing What It Takes to "Compete" As An AMT, Looks At The FAA
FAASTeam Program, Updates On The Garmin 495, Flying The Piper
Matrix, Hears What's Hot At Blue Mountain Avionics, Gets Some
GREAT Rotax Lessons, Gets Updated On ALL Things Lopresti, Has A FUN
Chat With Corkey Fornof, Sees What Happens When AMTs Compete,
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More "HIGH" Tech at I/ITSEC 2007, Hears From AOPA On Critical
Aviation Issues, Spills Some Juicy (and HIGHLY Detailed) Cirrus G3
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