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George Mason University starts flight training program
Aviation Adventures to provide aircraft

"WE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IT GROW TO A
MAJOR WITH AN
INDEPENDENT
PROGRAM."
-BOB HEPP

AS THE ECONOMY has faltered over the past few years and airline jobs became hard to obtain,
many colleges and universities across the country cut costly aviation programs. Others saw
opportunity and an impending pilot shortage and went the opposite direction, starting or expanding programs. George Mason University in Virginia, in partnership with the flight school Aviation
Adventures, is the latest.
Although the program is now only a minor leading to a private pilot certificate, Aviation Adventures owner Bob Hepp hopes to see it expand in the future. "We would like it to grow to a major
with an independent program," he said.
The minor is available through the school's engineering program. The university conducts the
ground school, and students can flight train at any of Aviation Adventures' three locations. "They
can train in a Cessna 152, Skycatcher, legacy 172, or a Diamond DA20," he said. The lab fee pays
for the airplane up to a certain hour limit that Hepp said he thinks will allow students to finish the
certificate.
The partnership started because of the work of one of the school's instructors. Conor Dancy was
instructing while finishing his degree at GMU. He was involved in an aviation club at the school,
which gave the group an avenue to approach the administration about a more robust program.
GMU's interest is simple, Hepp says. "The provost is strongly behind it. They looked at the
employment potential of student graduates."



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Flight Training - December 2013
Contents
Member Benefits
Centerline
Right Seat
Letters
When Basic Training Came Second
Success Story News
How it Works
After the Checkride
News
Training Products
ASI News
News
Tech Tip
News
Final Exam
Accident Report
Flying Carpet
Behind the Curtain
COLLEGE AVIATION DIRECTORY
ARE YOU OUTSIDE IN OR INSIDE OUT?
AVIATION SPEAK
TECHNIQUE
Weather
Flight Lesson
Finding Your Nest
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
Teaching Technology
Open-Door Policy
The Best Job I've Ever Had
Advertiser Index
Debrief
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Flight Training - December 2013 - Cover2
Flight Training - December 2013 - 1
Flight Training - December 2013 - Contents
Flight Training - December 2013 - Member Benefits
Flight Training - December 2013 - 4
Flight Training - December 2013 - Centerline
Flight Training - December 2013 - Right Seat
Flight Training - December 2013 - 7
Flight Training - December 2013 - Letters
Flight Training - December 2013 - 9
Flight Training - December 2013 - When Basic Training Came Second
Flight Training - December 2013 - 11
Flight Training - December 2013 - Success Story News
Flight Training - December 2013 - How it Works
Flight Training - December 2013 - After the Checkride
Flight Training - December 2013 - News
Flight Training - December 2013 - Training Products
Flight Training - December 2013 - ASI News
Flight Training - December 2013 - News
Flight Training - December 2013 - Tech Tip
Flight Training - December 2013 - News
Flight Training - December 2013 - 21
Flight Training - December 2013 - Final Exam
Flight Training - December 2013 - Accident Report
Flight Training - December 2013 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - December 2013 - 25
Flight Training - December 2013 - Behind the Curtain
Flight Training - December 2013 - 27
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Flight Training - December 2013 - COLLEGE AVIATION DIRECTORY
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Flight Training - December 2013 - ARE YOU OUTSIDE IN OR INSIDE OUT?
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Flight Training - December 2013 - 41
Flight Training - December 2013 - AVIATION SPEAK
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Flight Training - December 2013 - 44
Flight Training - December 2013 - 45
Flight Training - December 2013 - TECHNIQUE
Flight Training - December 2013 - 47
Flight Training - December 2013 - Weather
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Flight Training - December 2013 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - December 2013 - Finding Your Nest
Flight Training - December 2013 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - December 2013 - 53
Flight Training - December 2013 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - December 2013 - Teaching Technology
Flight Training - December 2013 - Open-Door Policy
Flight Training - December 2013 - The Best Job I've Ever Had
Flight Training - December 2013 - 58
Flight Training - December 2013 - Advertiser Index
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