MWV Career and Technical Center STEM Aviation students (from left) Mack Mudget, Sawyer Battles, Killian MacPherson (in the glider) and Gabe Brochuget some last minute advice from Franconia Soaring Aviation instructor Pete Eiche at the Franconia Airport in Franonia on June 9. (VIRGINIA SCHRADER PHOTO)
MWV Career and Technical Center STEM Aviation student Sam Doherty gets some last minute advice from Franconia Soaring Aviation instructor Steve Brown at the Franconia Airport in Franonia on June 9. (ED BERGERON PHOTO)
The STEM Aviation program in the Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center at Kennett High School wrapped up a successful first year with 17 students. Ed Bergeron (left), president of the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy; Virginia Schrader, director of the MWVCTC; and Joe Riddensdale, the course instructor, were the once who brought the program to fruition. (LLOYD JONES PHOTO)
MWV Career and Technical Center Director Virginia Schrader prepares for her first glider ride at the Franconia Airport in Franconia on June 9. (ED BERGERON PHOTO)
MWV Career and Technical Center Director Virginia Schrader shares this view from the cockpit of her glider over the Franconia Airport in Franconia on June 9. (VIRGINIA SCHRADER PHOTO)
MWV Career and Technical Center STEM Aviation students (from left) Mack Mudget, Sawyer Battles, Killian MacPherson (in the glider) and Gabe Brochuget some last minute advice from Franconia Soaring Aviation instructor Pete Eiche at the Franconia Airport in Franonia on June 9. (VIRGINIA SCHRADER PHOTO)
MWV Career and Technical Center STEM Aviation student Sam Doherty gets some last minute advice from Franconia Soaring Aviation instructor Steve Brown at the Franconia Airport in Franonia on June 9. (ED BERGERON PHOTO)
The STEM Aviation program in the Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center at Kennett High School wrapped up a successful first year with 17 students. Ed Bergeron (left), president of the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy; Virginia Schrader, director of the MWVCTC; and Joe Riddensdale, the course instructor, were the once who brought the program to fruition. (LLOYD JONES PHOTO)
MWV Career and Technical Center Director Virginia Schrader prepares for her first glider ride at the Franconia Airport in Franconia on June 9. (ED BERGERON PHOTO)
MWV Career and Technical Center Director Virginia Schrader shares this view from the cockpit of her glider over the Franconia Airport in Franconia on June 9. (VIRGINIA SCHRADER PHOTO)
CONWAY — Seventeen Kennett High students in Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center’s STEM Aviation program got the experience of a lifetime last month when they traveled over to Franconia to learn about gliders and go on 30-minute rides over the White Mountains.
Hosted by the Franconia Soaring Association through a $3,000 grant from the N.H. Electric Cooperative’s Education Foundation, the Eagles spent June 9 at the Franconia Airport, where they learned the ins and outs of gliders and then got the opportunity to soar.
Our PlaneSense organization hosted this terrific group just yesterday at Pease airport. We gladly host them each summer and we hope you can give them all the support they need. Fantastic group of students AND mentors who will help fill the void in the future!
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Our PlaneSense organization hosted this terrific group just yesterday at Pease airport. We gladly host them each summer and we hope you can give them all the support they need. Fantastic group of students AND mentors who will help fill the void in the future!
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