Delta Partnership - Mesa Public Schools

"Dynamic Partnership" Leading To

"Careers In Aviation"

Mesa Public Schools	Date	Delta Partnership
Fall 1997: 5^th Grade "Careers In Aviation" emphasis basically contained in "Flight" Core Education Unit. Limited follow-on opportunities existed.
	Sept. 1998	1) Delta Partnership Builds - Delivers DS46 Motion Based Fight Simulator & Helicopter Trainer; Initiates Others.
2) "Lowell Fight Center" (LFC) Configured With Simulators, Supporting Lessons And Staffed. Over 1400, 5^th Graders "Certified" 1998 - 1999 School Year.	Sept 1998 June 1999
	Dec. 1998	3) Delta Partnership Provides Several "Aviation Career Specialists" For Student/Counselor Flight Emphasis Follow-on via "Areas of Expertise".
	Jan. 1999	4) Delta Partnership Arranges "Student Flights" Via Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) "Young Eagles" Program. Certificates Awarded To Students After Flights.
	July 1999	5) Delta Partnership Obtains Funding To Support "LFC" Exposure For Five Other School Districts.
	July 1999	6) Delta Partnership Negotiates "Night Vision Supplements" LFC Addition Via Litton Industries - Tempe.
	Dec. 1999 Target	7) Delta Partnership Designs, Delivers, Documents Improved DS46E & Helo. Trainers. Documentation Enables Other School Districts To Copy "LFC" Capabilities - Economically, Easily!
8) Second "LFC" Type Facility Opened and Staffed, Accommodating All Mesa Public Schools 5^th Graders.	Winter 2000 Target
9) Five (Minimum) Additional Maricopa School Districts Exposed to "LFC" Capabilities (Teachers Trained, Students Exposed).	June 2000 Target
10) Litton "Night Vision Supplements" Added To Both Simulator Facilities.	Jan. June 2000 Targets
June 2000: Students provided with extensive "Flight" follow-on opportunities. Counselors and advisors provided with "road map" for students to consider "Careers in Aviation"!