Young Eagles Air Academy from Bob Prange
Parents: Updated information (course content, ages, costs) and on-line registration for the June and July 2026 camps will be available beginning September 3, 2025. Registration will fill up very quickly in early September. Find information on course content, lodge accommodations and registration at https://www.eaa.org/eaa/youth/eaa-aviation-and-flight-summer-camps. Take this link now and click on Air Academy. You can get a
general idea about these camps now by reading about the recent June and July camps. Then on September 3 you can read the updated information for the 2026 camps. Once registered for a camp, there are EAA camperships which help pay for the tuition. EAA Ch 186 also has provided tuition assistance in the past years.
Scholarships
Below is a list of scholarships from other organizations in Virginia plus the bigger EAA and AOPA lists. Many of these are for application during the high school senior year. The AOPA and EAA lists have quite a few that do not apply to everyone (geographical or age/gender restrictions) but are worth searching through to find the applicable ones. Some are for all ages! These are not Chapter 186 scholarships but are presented here as a resource. Instructions are found in the linked information.
Virginia Aviation Business Association:
Charles J. Colgan Scholarship – https://www.thevaba.org/colgan-application
Virginia Department of Aviation: https://doav.virginia.gov/virginia-aviation-scholarships/
Willard G. Plentl Sr. Aviation Scholarship
John R. Lillard Foundation Aviation Scholarship
Kenneth R. Scott Aviation Scholarship
Chad Weaver Aviation Scholarship
Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society:
Captain Earle Worley Scholarship https://www.vahsonline.com/programs/aviation-
scholarships/
AOPA:
Numerous aviation scholarships https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/students/aopa-
flight-training-scholarships
EAA:
Numerous aviation scholarships https://www.eaa.org/eaa/learn-to-fly/scholarships/eaa-
flight-training-scholarships
Ray Scholarship
Our 2025 Ray Scholar Cliff Storey has been officially approved by EAA Headquarters so he will begin his training in August. Cliff has been flying gliders at Petersburg, WV and more recently at Front Royal. He recently passed his Private Pilot-Glider checkride and is ready to get going on powered flight instruction.
Our 2024 Ray Scholar Kobe Kerns is finishing his cross country requirements and awaiting his checkride with a DPE. He is doing his Private Pilot training with the CAP Winchesterm Composite Squadron.