CampAMA Deadline Extended!

With the addition of Andrew Jesky to the team of instructors we’ve extended the deadline for CampAMA registration to May 30th. Click the link below to find out more and download a registration form. http://www.amaflightschool.org/campama Report This Post

President George W. Bush speaks at West Michigan Aviation Academy fundraiser

Original Post: The Republic, Columbus, Indiana The Annual Leaders of Tomorrow Gala, West Michigan Aviation Academy’s premiere fundraising event of the year, was held on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at a hangar on the grounds of Gerald R. Ford International Airport. This year’s event included special guest, former President George W. Bush who was the [...]

AMA welcomes additional CAMP AMA instructor

AMA is happy to announce a last minute addition to the Camp AMA instructor lineup. Andrew Jesky will be joining Nick Maxwell and RJ Gritter at the week long camp for aspiring aerobatic flyers. Look for great stories and pictures to come out of Camp AMA this year! Registration still open!Report This Post

‘Robo Raven’ Flying Machines Created in the Style of Leonardo

Professors S.K. Gupta, Ph.D. and Hugh Bruck, Ph.D., have built the first-ever bird robot with independently-moving wings. This development makes the robot’s flight so acrobatic and maneuverable that their “Robo Raven” can do dives and flips and was even attacked by a hawk. To make their robot feasible, Gupta and Bruck not only had to [...]

AMA Club, the Fairmont Flyers, partner with NASA IV&V to introduce model aviation to students

In an effort to attract middle-school students to the exciting field of aviation and increase the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) pipeline, AMA club, the Fairmont Flyers of Morgantown WV have partnered with(IV&V) Educator Resource Center (ERC) to launch a new Introduction to Model Aviation education program. In partnership with the MidAtlantic Aerospace Complex (MAAC), [...]

I SCHOOL “DRONE LAB” REIMAGINES DRONES’ POSSIBILITIES

Don’t be surprised if you hear a buzzing sound in the hallways of South Hall this semester; it’s the sound of the future, in the form of small student-piloted unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. READ MORE >Report This Post

Winter Weather Flying

As a winter storm moves across the United States, hundreds of airplanes are stuck on the ground or delayed due to heavy snow, freezing rain, and low visibility. These are all typical hazards a pilot must face with when flying in the winter. Airplanes require airflow over the wings to create lift. When snow, frost [...]

Aero Telemetry’s Joe Bok gives a brief history lesson on the Allison V-1710 Engine

Take a walk around the engine in the Aero Telemetry shop! Report This Post

NMPRA donates to the Clifford Telford Scholarship Fund

Just as they have in the past, members of the National Miniature Pylon Racing Association came together to raise $4,676 to benefit the Clifford Telford Scholarship Fund during the 2012 Nats. The check to the AMA was presented to Nancy Telford who was excited about the contribution, which will be awarded to a deserving student [...]

Gordon Schimmel Honored

Congratulations to AMA’s Education Outreach Specialist, Gordon Schimmel, Ed. D, who was recently honored at the Society for the Encouragement of Progress’s annual ceremony in the French Senate at the Palis du Luxembourge in Paris. The Society for the Encouragement of Progress is a non-profit association created more than 100 years ago, to honor individuals [...]