{"id":7369,"date":"2020-05-01T11:43:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=7369"},"modified":"2020-05-01T11:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:43:30","slug":"aerospace-center-for-excellence-%ef%bb%bfreceives-300-ipads-from-american-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/05\/01\/aerospace-center-for-excellence-%ef%bb%bfreceives-300-ipads-from-american-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerospace Center for Excellence \ufeffReceives 300 iPads from American Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The\u00a0Aerospace Center for Excellence, Inc. (ACE)<\/a>\u00a0is pleased to announce\u00a0American Airlines<\/a>\u00a0has donated 300 iPads as part of the airline\u2019s initiative,\u00a0To Care for People<\/em>\u00a0on Life’s Journey<\/em><\/strong>. The generous gift of tablets and chargers will help fuel ACE\u2019s mission to\u00a0Engage, Educate and Accelerate the next generation of aerospace professionals<\/em>.<\/strong>

American Airlines pilot, Captain Tim Averett, was on hand to present ACE with the much-needed technology. Richele Floyd, Director of\u00a0Scholarships for ACE<\/a>, is already thinking of ways to incorporate the tablets into its programs. \u201cThe iPads can aid in creating memorable experiences for students and guests alike. Examples include the\u00a0Florida Air Museum\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Kid Zone can enable a child to experience directing aircraft through the skies as an Air Traffic Controller;\u00a0Destination Aviation summer camp\u00a0<\/a>students can create flight plans; and our\u00a0High School UAV Club members<\/a>\u00a0can use 1st person view to navigate a quadcopter. With a donation such as this, there is a lot we can do to enhance learning opportunities\u201d said Floyd.

Industry partnerships are a critical component of the overall success of the\u00a0Aerospace Center for Excellence<\/a>\u00a0and generous donations such as\u00a0American Airlines<\/a>\u2019 are especially appreciated. \u201cTechnology-based donations are always in need because of the wide variety of ways that ACE utilizes them and the pace in which computer technology itself changes,\u201d says Michelle Rhinesmith, Director of Development at ACE. \u201cWith four certified teachers on staff, we get very creative how we deliver aerospace-based programs and experiences to the 50,000 students and thousands of museum guests that we engage with on an annual basis\u201d.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Richele Floyd, Director of Scholarships for Aerospace Center for Excellenceholding one of the 300 iPads donated from American Airlines.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
About Aerospace Center for Excellence, Inc.:<\/strong>The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE)<\/a>, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, has emerged as a nationally recognized leader in STEM-related and aerospace education through its various learning centers, outreach programs, summer camps and scholarships aimed at preparing students for tomorrow\u2019s aerospace challenges. Located on the SUN \u2018n FUN Expo Campus<\/a>in Lakeland, Florida, the organization is known for its annual <\/strong>SUN \u2018n FUN Aerospace Expo<\/a>fundraising event as well as the F<\/a>lorida Air Museum<\/a>, which is Florida\u2019s Official Aviation Museum and Education Center. ACE is the world\u2019s leader in producing licensed teenage private pilots and delivers youth programs that engage over 50,000 students a year. For more information, ACEedu.aero<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Aerospace Center for Excellence, Inc. (ACE)\u00a0is pleased to announce\u00a0American Airlines\u00a0has donated 300 iPads as part of the airline\u2019s initiative,\u00a0To Care for People\u00a0on Life’s Journey. The generous gift of tablets and… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}