STEM Flys is an all-expenses paid flight in a general aviation aircraft for up to 3 students at a time, including a ground based classroom education session.
STEM Flys partners with experienced pilots to provide as safe an environment as possible. STEM Flys is NOT a flight school, not all participating pilots are certified instructors and is not meant in any way to be a pilot education program. STEM Flys is designed to inspire students to become interested in STEM subjects and general aviation as a whole. We are more than happy to help guide interested students to a proper flight school where they can receive formal pilot instruction.
Sample Schedule
9:00AM Meet at local airport (often students will come to the pilots airport, or the pilot will fly to the closest GA Airport to the students).
9:30AM Introduction & Classroom part 1
11:00AM Break
11:15AM Classroom part 2
12:15AM Sponsored Lunch
1:00PM Out to the plane!
3:00PM Return from the flight, debrief
3:30PM Students / Pilot depart
SAMPLE SYLLABUS
Classroom part 1 — Aeronautical Basics
Four Forces of Flight (Lift, Weight, Thrust & Drag)
Aerodynamic Basics
Newton’s Third law & Bernoulli’s Equation
How a plane flies
Various control surfaces, airplane configurations
Ailerons, Elevators, Rudders, Flaps etc.
Classroom part 2 — Flying GA (General Aviation)
Navigation in FAA controlled Airspace in a small aircraft
Weather Basics, weather theory including air pressure, dew point/humidity and clouds
Technology Applied to Flying: GPS, ADS-B
This is a sample syllabus. Contact us if you have a classroom with specific syllabus requirements and we’ll be delighted to cater an event to your needs.
REQUIREMENTS
Students must be within greater Los Angeles Area
Students must be a part of a regular educational program with an adult coordinator such as a high school class or an after-school program (e.g. the Boy/Girl Scouts)
Students must be 14 years of age
All Students must have a waiver signed by a parent / legal guardian
Students must be considered to be in generally good physical health and fit to sit passenger in a small airplane, and must sign and have parents sign paperwork acknowledging as such.
If you’d like to have your class/student group participate please get in touch!