Business View Magazine Dec-2022

117 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 found their airspace near Pittsburgh increasing congested so they came down last fall. Gliders give us diversity in our aviation assets,” Belding describes. “You can solo a non-powered aircraft at age 14 and then you can pilot a powered aircraft at 16, so this is a great way to get young people interested in aviation.” Belding highlights one of the airport’s most recent initiatives has been its involvement in a program that is facilitated at Carmichaels Area High School. “They have a STEMpilot computer simulator program run out of the library – and it creates a sort of career pipeline, if you will. Students get started in high school in the simulator, then offered a one-week aviation summer camp and at the end of that they visit the Greene County Airport and receive an orientation flight with the Young Eagles program. Belding outlines that the airport has essentially “started a grow our own pilot program where GREENE COUNTY A I RPORT (KWAY) Photo credit: Brittney Menear