Opinion: Young People Need A Lift Into Aviation And Aerospace Careers

Winter Park High School students

Winter Park High School students (from left) Isabella Gutierrez, Aiden Williams and Robert Rosado worked on a drone project as part of Embry-Riddle’s Gaetz Aerospace Career Academy.

Credit: Jon Westberry/Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Isabella Gutierrez says she was always “interested in planes.” But she had no experience in aviation before attending Winter Park High School, a school near Orlando, Florida, that is part of the Gaetz Aerospace Career Academy. Now 16 years old and a sophomore, Gutierrez can point to a screen showing...
P. Barry Butler

P. Barry Butler is president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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