The scholarship is intended to be used primarily to take cadets who have earned their solo wings all the way to Private, Recreational, or Sport Pilot.  This includes not only flight training, but supplies which uniquely support flight training (sectionals, chart supplements, subscriptions to online flight information services, etc.). Training past Private pilot is not authorized using scholarship funds; however, a recipient may use the scholarship to upgrade a Recreational or Sport pilot certificate to Private pilot.

A limited amount of the scholarship may also be used to attend a CAP leadership activity, or to serve in a leadership position at a suitable CAP activity. (If you wish to do this, contact The Association for approval.)

At this time, the scholarship can only be used for training leading to an airplane, single-engine land rating.

Other aircraft categories (rotorcraft, glider, lighter than air, powered lift, powered parachute, and weight-shift control) are not included in this scholarships, however, the Board of Directors may grant specific authorization on a case-by-case basis.  Contact the Scholarship Coordinator for additional information.

The scholarship is valued at $3,500.

The Board of Directors reviews the cost of flying and adjusts this amount on a periodic basis.

The scholarship must be used within one year of award (date candidate is selected by the board through one year after notification of the award) and while the winner is still an active cadet (or cadet who has transitioned to senior member status) in good standing.

No. Applicants must not have received (or been selected for) a similar flight scholarship in the past.  This does NOT include solo scholarships granted by individual units, wings, regions, or National Headquarters CAP.

This is not a CAP Scholarship. Different rules apply. You MUST submit your application through The Spaatz Association to be eligible for consideration.

The scholarship will be awarded at The Spaatz Association Mid-Winter Dinner, typically held in conjunction with the CAP Winter Command Council meeting in early March.

Recipients will also be notified via email in early March.

No, but if you do decide to attend, your dinner (and the dinner of one family member guest) is on us.

Recipients will also be notified via email in early March.

There are very few strings attached to our Flight Scholarships.  We ask that our awardees follow 3 simple steps:

• Step 1: Complete a Contact Verification Form to receive funds.
• Step 2: Submit a Letter of Personal Introduction and Appreciation for our benefactors.
• Step 3: Submit updates on progress, including a completion report and/or news article (suitable for use on the Association’s website), and adequate documentation on the appropriate use of scholarship funds, within 90 days of expenditure of funds.

Individuals and units must return scholarship funds to the Association if they are not used within 12 months of award date or for the intended purpose described in this application. Failure to comply with these requirements will make the individual/unit ineligible for future Association leadership grants and scholarships.

You can see some samples here:

• Sample Personal Introduction and Update Letters
• Sample Grant Report  (See more Grant and Scholarship Reports here)

IMPORTANT NOTE:  DO NOT put personally identifiable information (PII) in the report (CAPSNs, birthdays, addresses, etc. — names and grades are ok).  These reports will be shared with our Donors via The Spaatz Association website.

You can download a replacement scholarship forms packet here.

• 2016-2018 Flight Scholarship Notification and Instruction Form

The application and forms packet are saved as protected Microsoft Word documents.  You must have Microsoft Word (or a compatible word processor) to edit them.

If you need to remove protection on the document, select File…Protect Document…Restrict Editing…Stop Protection.  No password is required.

Alternatively, you can print the documents and fill them with a typewriter (if you can find one that still works).

Click the links below do download our most recent information about the Scholarship Program.

• 2016-2018 Flight Scholarship Flyer – Suitable for Printing
• Scholarship Operating Guidelines 2016-2018 (coming soon!)

Of course!  You are also encouraged to share pictures with our social media sites.  That would be cool.

The United States Air Force has espoused three basic core values: integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do.  The CAP Cadet Program both builds and demands integrity as part of its cadets training.  As Spaatzen, we wish to encourage excellence in the cadets through our service.  To accomplish this, we voted to offer a scholarship with the vision of promoting enduring aerospace leadership through continued general aviation flight training and CAP leadership activities.

Let’s face it, flying is expensive.  CAP cadets generally come from modest means.  Many of us wanted to get our private licenses as cadets, but could never get the money together.  Those of us who fly understand the meaning of the old adage “Because I fly, I envy no man.”  This scholarship is our way to help those achieve the dream of flight.

America and the world need strong, capable leaders to carry us into the future.  There are precious few leadership training opportunities for our youth these days.  Core values like integrity and service are getting harder to come by in the generation now coming of age.  The Civil Air Patrol is one of the last remaining institutions with high standards of conduct and effective leadership training for youth.  These young people stand out in a crowd of moral ambiguity and me-first attitudes and should be properly recognized and encouraged.