Tango Flight partnered with Federal Express (which is headquartered in Tennessee) is providing a kit and education program for high school kids to build an FAA certified airplane. My wife’s and my high school will build their first plane next year. Janicewhokeepsmehumble’s family foundation is providing the capital for the kit. When the plane is finished and certified, Tango Flight will buy it back providing funds for next year’s plane for an ongoing, self-supporting program.
Educators commonly talk about visual learners who learn by reading or auditory learners who learn from lectures or one-on-one discussion. There are also tactile learners who learn by touching, holding, disassembling, and putting things together. This program targets those learners. In the words of Tango Flight, the educational goal is:
- A strong mechanical, electrical and aerospace engineering foundation and
- Fundamental technical and mechanical skills to build an FAA certified airplane.
Governor Lee was duly impressed.
For those who opine that high schools do not teach useful skills, you should stop by your local high school. This is one of about two dozen work/study programs to ready students to enter college or the workforce upon graduation. This is in a small town Tennessee high school. You have heard of shovel ready infrastructure programs. These are shovel ready kids.
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