(l to r) Stephanies's Dad; Stephanie Nunez; Edmund Stabler - Stephanie's Aviation Engineering Instructor and Stephanie's Mom.

The NASA Goddard Flying Club, Assists With Scholarship of Sending Student to Oshkosh for 5th Consecutive Year

The winner of the 2002 Air Academy Scholarship is Ms. Stephanie Nunez. Stephanie will be entering her senior year at Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Md. The following year she will be attending the Air Academy at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. All expenses are being paid, through the Scholarship coordinated by the NASA Goddard Flying Club.

Ms. Nunez's 10-day adventure, from July 26th to August 4th, will offer her an opportunity to attend the Air Venture Air Show for 2 days and then launch into an intense dose of aviation education and career awareness training. She will learn aircraft construction, rebuilding, and maintenance techniques, such as sheet metal work, fabric covering, and woodworking, plus piloting training including aircraft preflight, aerial navigation, weather, aircraft systems, flight training requirements and an actual orientation flight. Her Air Academy experience will also include tours of the Experiment Aircraft Association (EAA) museum and facilities specializing in building, restoration, and maintenance of aircraft, including the EAA B-17 Bomber, "Aluminum Overcast."

Ms. Nunez is a very deserving student who is assisting in the Roosevelt High School aircraft construction project called Quail, while carrying a straight "A" average in courses including AP Chemistry, AP History, Physics, pre-calculus with honors, Spanish and JROTC.

The funding sources for this year's EAA Air Academy Scholarship are from the NASA Goddard Flying Club with the Government Employees Welfare Association (GEWA), the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) National Capital Area Alumni Chapter, and the EAA Chapters 186, 478, and 646