The Wings For Val Foundation received so many amazing applications for our 2020 scholarships that we also awarded $2,500 each to two finalists for the LT Valerie Cappelaere Delaney Memorial Scholarship for fixed wing flight training. The second finalist is Rachel Choi of Longview, Texas.
The Wings For Val Foundation received so many amazing applications for our 2020 scholarships that we also awarded $2,500 each to two finalists for the LT Valerie Cappelaere Delaney Memorial Scholarship for fixed wing flight training. The first finalist is Sara Eagle of Fort Walton Beach,
The winner of the 2020 Wings for Val Drone Pilot Training Scholarship in the amount of $5,000 is Aimee Mestre of Indianapolis, Indiana. Aimee is a Brand Ambassador for the Aviation Institute of Maintenance. The Wings for Val Foundation has arranged for Aimee to participate in the DART Drones
We are happy to announce the winners of this year’s scholarships, four of which were awarded in person at the 2020 Women in Aviation International Conference in Orlando, Florida on March 5 – 7. We will be announcing the winners one at a time over the next several days. The 2020 and 7th
The 2020 and 3rd Annual CPT Sara Knutson Cullen Memorial Scholarship Winner ($5,000) is Christina Rose Dussell of Snohomish, WA! Rose has worked a variety of jobs with special needs individuals and is skilled in the martial arts of kickboxing and Krav Maga. She earned her fixed wing private
The 2020 and 7th Annual LT Valerie Cappelaere Delaney Memorial Scholarship Winner ($5,000) – Kimberly Westbrook of Pasadena, Maryland. Kim is an Aerospace Engineer at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. She is lead engineer of critical hardware integration and test efforts on the Europa
2018 Drone Scholarship Award Winner ($,5000) – Eleanor Kay is a high school student in Maryland who has been honing in her photography skills as a volunteer with Images for Good. According to Eleanor in her application, “Drones allow us to gain new perspectives and see things from
2018 Drone Scholarship Winner ($5,000) – Elyse Cosgrove is a storyteller passionate about documenting life experiences, human connection and emotions through photo and video. She lives in the DC area and started her own photography/videography business Elysees Eye Productions, LLC. Elyse
Capt Sara Knutson Cullen Scholarship Winner ($2,000) – Madison Warner of Salt Lake City, UT is a Firefighter and Canine Search Specialist working on her helicopter flight training so she can pursue a pilot career as an EMS or fire pilot. From her scholarship essay, Madison writes, “Every
Lt Valerie Cappelaere Delaney Scholarship Finalist #2 ($2,000) Lea Van Den Brink is a French Citizen of Dutch descent who has ambitions of enlisting in the French Air Force as a pilot . In her application essay, Lea writes, “After high school, flying appeared the obvious choice about what I