Flying Club Scholarship

Ground Effect Advisors is offering a scholarship to assist in starting America’s next great flying club. Leveraging broad aviation and flying club experience, we will help you create a flying club from the ground up. Simply apply by May 1, 2013 to be considered for this scholarship. Ten Finalists will be contacted by May 15, 2013 and the winner will be announced on June 1, 2013. Selection will be based on which opportunity provides the greatest potential benefit to general aviation and determined at the sole discretion of the Ground Effect Advisors. We look forward to working with you to create a new flying club this summer!
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Included from Ground Effect Advisors:

      • Flight plan: A customized playbook for starting a flying club to meet your specific situation
      • Checklist: Itemized list to support implementation of the flight plan
      • Minimum of 20 hours of consulting from team of experts
      • Document Library: includes template bylaws, club regulations, aircraft agreements and club rules
      • Website and Social Media consultation
      • SimpleFlight.net: The flight instruction experts at Simple Flight will provide insights and consulting on setting up a strong training environment at the club.
      • Flying Club Gear: Ten custom polo shirts for the club and a flying club banner.
      • Support from our Partners


Included from our Partners

        • AOPA: $1,000 seed money for starting the club.
        • David Clark: Two H10-13.4 headsets for the club.
        • Sporty’s Pilot Shop: An exterior cleaning kit so the club can keep the fleet clean.
        • Signature Flight Support: Gift Certificate for 50 Gallons of Avgas, perfect for supporting some club outings.
        • Cirrus Aircraft: A Cargo Caddy Plane Washing kit for keeping the interior in like-new condition after every flight.
        • Schedule Master: Six months of Schedule Master service for scheduling the club aircraft.
        • PilotEdge: Three months of PilotEdge professional air traffic control for flight simulators to help training within the clubhouse.
        • LiveATC.net: One Bearcat BC355C scanner and support setting up a LiveATC for the club’s home airport.
        • Heading 370: 10 shirts and logo design consultation.


Our Partners