Clubs

Centennial Aviation Club - CAC is a unique student-run flying club that caters especially to kids between the ages of 8-20 (other ages are welcome though!) Centennial Aviation Club hosts summer camps each year. They fly light sport, aerobatic and traditional training aircraft. The club holds a flight and meetings twice a month at the Peachtree DeKalb airport. Membership is only $10/ month and your first flight is free. For more information contact Rohan or Diego at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Also, check out their website at www.centennialaviationclub.com

Summer Camps

Middle Georgia College Aviation Campus - The Georgia Aviation Campus of Middle Georgia College hosts an aviation camp for middle school students each summer. Participants learn about the history and physics of flight, aircraft structures, aircraft maintenance, and spend time in the flight simulator and air traffic control tower. They also assist with the controls in a flight over Eastman. For more information go to www.mgc.edu/aviation/information/activitiesandorgs.cfm

OBAP 2009 ACE CAMPS - The Organization of Black Airline Pilots hoststwo one-week summer camps each year. They are usually usually based in Peachtree City, GA, though they make day trips to Hartsfield-Jackson Int'l Airport, the FAA air traffic control facilities in Hampton, GA, and a "Dream Flight" to a destination on an aircraft provided by Delta Air Lines. Previous Dream Flights have gone to The Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., and the NASA facility in Houston, TX. For more information go to http://www.obap.org/Programs/atlanta-ace-academy.asp

Lockheed Martin Aviation Camp at Fernbank Science Center - Designed for rising 4th to 6th graders. Go to http://www.fernbank.edu/lockheed.htm.

Weekly Ground School

ACE is a non-profit organization which gives students from 10 to 18 years old the support, encouragement, and training they need to pursue their dreams of careers in aviation. The ACE Weekend Academy is a ground school which is in session during the school year from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays at Fulton County Field, Atlanta. Check it out at www.aviationcareerenrichment.org.

Adult Ground School - Mr. Julius Alexander teaches a weekly ground school at the Fulton County Field Administration Buildingon Tuesday nights from 8 to 10 p.m. And the cost is only $10! No obligation; just come when you want to.Contact Mr. Alexander at (404) 691-0441.

Colleges

If you're looking into colleges in Georgia with aviation degrees for professional pilots, Middle Georgia College is the only one. Middle Georgia College has degree programs for those wishing to become professionalpilots, air traffic controllers, maintenance technicians, or airport managers. The other three colleges listed below have aviation courses only for those wishing to become aircraft maintenance technicians.