SimuFlite Announces Scholarship Winners

DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Texas, June 25, 2001 --

SimuFlite Training International Inc. has announced the winners of SimuFlite Citation pilot training scholarships. They were awarded through the University Aviation Association (UAA), an alliance of more than 100 accredited colleges and universities.

  The recipients are:
  • Deak D. Arch, 29, an assistant chief flight instructor for Delta State University, Cleveland, Miss.
  • Cory N. Lawrence, 22, a flight instructor for Ohio University Albany, Ohio.
  • Jyl A. Pepple, 22, a flight instructor for Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.
  • Chet M. Waples, 22, a first officer for Corporate Air in Billings, Mont.

All are recent aviation school graduates. Upon successful completion of training at SimuFlite’s Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport training center this summer, each will receive a Citation type rating.

SimuFlite has awarded scholarships in the past 15 years to promote business aviation as a career choice for young aviators.
SimuFlite Training International Inc., the business aviation division of GE Capital Aviation Training, provides advanced training to pilots and maintenance professionals operating turbine-powered aircraft in corporate, military and government service.

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