Sinclair aviation club holds first fly-in
June 20, 2009 Filed in: Aviation
careers-education
A re-energized Sinclair Aviation Club held its first "fly in-cruise in" today at Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport, offering $25 airplane rides, grilled food, and a chance for the public to look at a variety of general-aviation airplanes and classic cars.
Flight
instructors with Sinclair Community College’s
Aviation Technology
Program flew visitors in
Cessna 172s, the four-seat, single-engine
airplanes the school uses for instruction.
Sinclair operates its flight instruction program
through an agreement with Aviation Sales
Inc., the fixed base
operator for the airport. ASI hosted the event.
Sinclair’s aviation students have revived the chapter after several years of dormancy, Assistant Professor and Aviation Club Mentor Donna Hanshew said. The fly in-cruise in was the first of several activities the club is planning, she said.
“Next month they’re helping us with the (college’s) booth at the (Vectren Dayton) Air Show,” she said. A chili “pour-in,” a poker run and other activities are in the planning stages.
Paul Cetinske, club president, said he wanted to revive the club as a way for students to network with aviation professionals. Teresa Wilkerson, vice president, agreed. “The biggest reason was so we could get out there and find out who we need to know” to advance their careers, she said.
Like many Sinclair students, Cetinske and Wilkerson also have day jobs. Cetinske works for an aircraft sales and management company but wants a flying career; he said recently earned his private pilot’s license through Sinclair and is working on his instrument rating. Wilkerson said she works for a non-profit education organization but wants an aviation career, noting a lifelong passion for science and technology.
Hanshew, who flies with her husband Steve in their Nanchang CJ-6A Green Dragon, said the aviation club gives students a chance to develop skills outside the classroom and the cockpit. “It helps them learn professionalism, leadership and team-building,” she said.
Sinclair’s aviation students have revived the chapter after several years of dormancy, Assistant Professor and Aviation Club Mentor Donna Hanshew said. The fly in-cruise in was the first of several activities the club is planning, she said.
“Next month they’re helping us with the (college’s) booth at the (Vectren Dayton) Air Show,” she said. A chili “pour-in,” a poker run and other activities are in the planning stages.
Paul Cetinske, club president, said he wanted to revive the club as a way for students to network with aviation professionals. Teresa Wilkerson, vice president, agreed. “The biggest reason was so we could get out there and find out who we need to know” to advance their careers, she said.
Like many Sinclair students, Cetinske and Wilkerson also have day jobs. Cetinske works for an aircraft sales and management company but wants a flying career; he said recently earned his private pilot’s license through Sinclair and is working on his instrument rating. Wilkerson said she works for a non-profit education organization but wants an aviation career, noting a lifelong passion for science and technology.
Hanshew, who flies with her husband Steve in their Nanchang CJ-6A Green Dragon, said the aviation club gives students a chance to develop skills outside the classroom and the cockpit. “It helps them learn professionalism, leadership and team-building,” she said.
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