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November 09, 2023

Airborne-Flight Training 11.09.23: EAA Scholarships, IUAC Symposium, CAP Record

Also: AviaSim, Choose Aerospace, Enstrom Helicopter, Fred McCarter Scholarship

EAA notes that applications for 2024 EAA Aviation Scholarships will be accepted from 01 November 2023 through 01 March 2024. Flight training and post-secondary scholarships are available to all persons over the age of 16. Flight training scholarships help cover costs at any U.S. or Canadian flight school that isn’t a university program. The Illinois Ultralight Advisory Council, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, and the Federal Aviation Administration, Springfield FSDO, are presenting the 42nd Annual IUAC Ultralight/Light Sport Symposium. 2024’s event will be held in Granite City, Illinois on Saturday, 25 Februa

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Textron Inks Deal for 5 Aircraft to FMS Program

Indefinite Quantity Contract Allows up to $100M Over 5-Year Period

Textron Aviation got a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, for its Cessna SkyCourier, Cessna Grand Caravan EX, Beechcraft King Air 360 and Beechcraft King Air 260 turboprops, all bound for the Foreign Military Sales program. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract allows up to $100 million US dollars for the acquisition of Textron Aviation aircraft over a 5-year period. The first award will see a trio of King Air 360 Extended Range (KA360ER) aircraft sent South, with the first pair destined for the Peruvian Naval Aviation Force (Fuerza de Aviación Naval). The last will head to the Ecuadorian Naval Aviation (Aviación Naval Ecuatoriana) a