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EAA Chapter 640 Donates $10,000 For New Scholarship
OSHKOSH, WIS. – EAA Chapter 640 of Wausau, Wis., has
donated $10,000 to the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame
to establish a new scholarship fund for aviation/aerospace
students from Wisconsin.
The fund will be established at the Community
Foundation of North Central Wisconsin, Wausau, to endow
a named scholarship. Successful applicants for the new
scholarship will be Wisconsin residents who are aviation/
aerospace majors at U.S. technical schools, colleges, or
universities with strong academic performance, civic
involvement, and extracurricular activities.
The EAA chapter’s donation is a result of an estate gift
left to the chapter by Bob Payzer, a Wausau native and friend
of the chapter who passed away in 2010. The chapter also
donated $10,000 to the Archie Towle Aviation Endowment
Fund, established in 1998 to award up to $3,000 to students
living within a 50-mile radius of Wausau, who demonstrate
financial need, ability, and a desire to pursue a career in the
field of aviation.
The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame, established in
1985, currently awards three scholarships: the Carl Guell
Memorial ($1000) created in 2002, the Jerome Thiessen
Members of EAA Chapter 640 of Wausau, Wisconsin, with
representatives of the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame.
Photo Courtesy of WAHF
Scholarship ($500) that began in 2005, and the Jerome Ripp
Memorial, a $500 award established in 2007.
The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame has expanded its
scholarship program to include Wisconsin students enrolled
in aviation/aerospace courses at colleges and universities
located outside the state. The deadline for 2013 scholarship
applications was April 15. All scholarship documents and
online application materials are available on the foundation’s
website at: www.cfoncw.org/grants/scholarships.cfm.
WAHF has awarded $18,000 in scholarship funds since
the launch of its program in 2002.
Midwest Flyer Magazine Contributing Editors Participate In FAAST Team Seminar
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(L/R) Michael Kaufman, Wesley Hakari of the Milwaukee Flight
Standards District Office, and Ed Leineweber.
OSHKOSH, WIS. – Midwest Flyer Magazine contributing
editors, Ed Leineweber and Michael Kaufman were among
presenters at the FAAST Team pilot safety seminar held at the
FAA Aviation Center, April 27, 2013 at Wittman Regional
Airport, Oshkosh, Wis. Both Leineweber and Kaufman
Ed Leineweber leads a panel discussion on the topic of “Loss of
Control.”
are Certified Instrument Flight Instructors (CFII). The
topics covered were “Human Error” and “Loss-of-Control.”
Leineweber heads up the magazine’s “Grassroots, Recreational
Flying” column, and Kaufman, the “Instrument Flight”
column.
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