2015 CAE SimuFlite Scholarship Application
[CJ3, Citation Sovereign, or Lear 45 or Lear 50 Type Rating]
Please Print or Type:
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
U.S. Citizen:
Yes
E-Mail:
No
Male
Female
College/University Currently Enrolled:
Year in School:
Senior
Degree:
Alumni
Grade Point Average:
Date Graduated or Expected Date:
Copies of the following items must accompany your application:
First Class Medical
Commercial Pilots License
Multi-Engine Rating
Instrument Rating
Certified Flight Instructor Rating with Instrument Airplane Endorsement
I have flown
PIC hours within the previous 12 months
I have flown
SIC hours within the previous 12 months
I have flown
hours of multi-engine time
250 Word Essay
Two Letters of Recommendation (at least one from an aviation professional you
have known one year or more)
Resume
(Note: Log Book required at time of training if you are a scholarship recipient)
Certification Statement
I attest that the above information is true and accurate, and I understand that any information
found to be not true or accurate may disqualify me from consideration. If this statement is not
signed, the application will be considered incomplete. I understand that if I am selected to
receive the scholarship, it will be offered in June, July or August of 2015 and that I will train in a
"crew setting" with another scholarship recipient.
Signature
Completed applications and
accompanying documents
should be sent to:
Date
Dr. David A. NewMyer,
Attention: CAE SimuFlite Scholarship
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1365 Douglas Drive, Room 126
Carbondale, IL 62901-6623
APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN MARCH 31, 2015
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CAE SimuFlite CJ3/Citation Sovereign/Legacy Type Rating
Scholarship Announcement and Application
General Description of the Scholarship
CAE SimuFlite, a Dallas-based aviation training corporation, will award SIX corporate
aircraft training scholarships in 2015. These scholarships will be awarded to six different
students or recent graduates of University Aviation Association member institutions. The
aims of the scholarship are to:
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Provide additional industry-based training opportunities for university aviation
students: and,
To broaden the awareness of corporate aviation career paths among university
aviation students.
The scholarship will include CJ3 or Citation Sovereign or Lear 45 or Lear 50 initial
training (in crews of two) resulting in a type rating upon successful completion of the
course. The applicant is responsible for all travel and housing related costs.
Scholarship Criteria
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For current students of, or graduates of University Aviation Association member
institutions.
Current students must be graduating by May 2015 or must not have graduated
with a Baccalaureate Degree more than two years before the application
deadline. (March 31, 2015)
Applicants must be candidates for, or have received and aviation-related
Baccalaureate Degree from a University Aviation Association member
institution.
Applicants must have a minimum of 2.50 on a 4.0 scale overall cumulative grade
pong average.
Applicants must possess a current 1st class medical, commercial Pilot License
with a multi-engine and instrument rating, and a Certified Flight Instructor rating
with instrument airplane endorsement.
Applicants must have flown a minimum of 50 hours PIC or SIC within the
previous 12 months.
Applicants must have a minimum of 50 hours of multi-engine time.
Applicants must be available for training during June, July, or August 2015 and
must pay for their travel to CAE SimuFlite at DFW Airport, Texas. Recipients of
this scholarship will be trained together as a crew of two on any one of the three
aircraft mentioned (CJ3, Citation Sovereign or Lear 45 or Lear 50).
Applicants must demonstrate an interest in corporate or business aviation by
writing a 250-word essay on how this scholarship will fit into their plans to enter
corporate/business aviation. This essay must demonstrate how the applicant will
use the CAE SimuFlite Scholarship to pursue a flight-related career. (Tip: have a
friend or professional double-check your essay and application for grammatical
errors.)
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Submission Requirements
All applicants must submit an original plus five copies of each of the following items:
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Typed/keyboarded CAE SimuFlite scholarship application with signed
"certification statement."
Transcript showing latest grade point average and graduation date (if applicant is
an alumnus.)—one original and four copies of the transcript is acceptable.
250 word essay, as noted above.
FAA certificates, including 1st class medical (COPIES only…keep your originals!!)
Two letters of recommendation.
Resume
All applications must be recommended in writing by the UAA institution that the
applicant now attends or has recently graduated.
No more than four applicants may be recommended from any one institution.
FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 31, 2015! GOOD LUCK!!
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