Summer Wings

The Department of Aviation Management and Flight at Southern Illinois University Carbondale offers Summer Wings, a week-long aviation camp designed to give interested high school students an opportunity to experience first-hand the thrill of flight.

Summer Wings offers students the chance to explore a career as a pilot by providing ground and flight training similar to the training that SIUC flight students undergo. Participants will attend ground school classes, fly university flight training devices and aircraft (weather permitting), and enjoy evening activities on campus.

 

Participants will spend a week at the Southern Illinois Airport learning the basics of flight including:

  • History of flight
  • Aerodynamics
  • Aircraft performance
  • Weight and balance
  • Aviation weather reports
  • Preflight aircraft inspection
  • Radio procedures

 

All flights will be conducted under the strict supervision of the Department of Aviation Management and Flight faculty members. Full and part time instructors regularly employed by the University will staff the Summer Wings Program.