Jetrader - November/December 2008 - (Page 13)

Name: Diego H. Estrada Scholarship Awarded: 2008 College: Purdue University Graduated: May 2008 Major: Aviation Management Current Job: Marketing Analyst for AerCap Aviation Solutions How did receiving the ISTAT Foundation scholarship affect your life and career? The ISTAT Foundation Scholarship is the most signiﬁcant contribution one could possibly receive while attending college. This scholarship allowed me to reduce my school loans debt by a huge amount, and it paid for my last semester of tuition at Purdue. Without this scholarship, my chances of graduating from Purdue and obtaining a decent job in today’s aviation industry would have been much smaller. I realize that I am a very fortunate person, and I truly appreciate the privilege of being awarded this scholarship. I believe that this scholarship has been the most beneﬁcial impact in my aviation career, and for the same reason, it is now my goal to contribute back to the aviation community and the ISTAT Foundation by helping other talented aviation students in need of ﬁnancial aid. Diego H. Estrada After attending the ISTAT Annual Conference, I realized that I got a lot of practical insight into the aviation industry to complement my aviation college courses. It is overwhelming to comprehend how immensely the aviation industry is impacted by this event. I believe that it is a privilege to be able to attend this conference, and I acknowledge that I owe a lot of my success to having attended this event. Name: Craig Alexander Henegar Scholarship Awarded: 2008 College: Florida Institute of Technology Graduated: May 2008 Major: Aviation Management with Flight Current Job: Flight Instructor, FIT Aviation Melbourne, Fla.; First Ofﬁcer at Baer Air (Charter Company) Melbourne, Fla. What did you learn from attending the ISTAT Annual Conference? How did receiving the ISTAT Foundation scholarship affect your life and career? As a 22-year-old male ﬁnancially responsible for all my spending, I have been reaping the beneﬁts of the ISTAT Scholarship in more ways than I can count. It helped to pay the ever-increasing tuition costs, ﬂight fees and room and board while in school. It also helped me to further my education by receiving my CFII this past July. I knew from a very young age that I wanted to become a pilot. I soon ﬁgured out how expensive it would be to obtain that goal. The ISTAT scholarship helped to lighten my college loans that seemed to be stacking up over the years while attending school. It means so much to me to know that there are people in this world that give to these types of scholarships for people like myself who want the dream so badly but just did not have the ﬁnancial backing to make it happen all the way. I am so thankful for the scholarship and hopefully one day I can be in the position to give back to someone in need. This scholarship was a tremendous help to me and I will forever be grateful to ISTAT. What did you learn from attending the ISTAT Annual Conference? Craig Henegar The conference itself was an experience like no other. Just to meet and be one-on-one with people of such high caliber was practically another scholarship in itself! Hearing the stories and experiences shared was very helpful in narrowing down where I wanted to take my aviation career. The routes and paths taken to get where they wanted to go was inspirational and truly motivating. It was an experience that I would deﬁnitely take the offer and opportunity to do again and again, year after year! Thank you, ISTAT! Jetrader 13

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Jertrader - November/December 2008 A Message from the President Contents Calendar/News Q%2BA: Richard Anderson Building a Strong Foundation Post Prague Aircraft Appraisals From the ISTAT Foundation Aviation History

Jetrader - November/December 2008

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