NH Aviation Education and Outreach

ACE Academy students earn high school credits

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation, Bureau of Aeronautics is excited to share a news article that was published December 28, 2023, by "The Baysider" (Salmon Press). New Hampshire high school students can now earn academic credits for attending and graduating from the WinnAero ACE Academy based at Laconia Municipal Airport, Gilford, New Hampshire. 

Please see the-bayside-news-article

This is bringing aviation education to New Hampshire like never before and a groundbreaking accomplishment for WinnAero, New Hampshire Department of Education, Learn Everywhere Program, and the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Aeronautics. 

AVIATION ART CONTEST

Each year, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, Bureau of Aeronautics sponsors the NASAO (National Association of State Aviation Officials) Aviation Art Contest to encourage young people to explore aviation. The annual contest offers all children who live in or attend school in NH the chance to explore different aspects of aviation.

All artwork being submitted must be received by January 09, 2024.     Please see the brochure.

The theme for 2024 is Air Sports for A Peaceful World

Let us imagine a peaceful world in which people live together in harmony, uniting through common interests – such as air sports – to create friendships, show kindness and respect.

All sports have the power to bring people together, promoting positive relationships that cross borders and contribute to a better, more peaceful world. Sport helps people to learn universal values such as solidarity and fair play which extend far beyond the boundaries of a football pitch, an ice rink or an airfield.

The many people around the world who participate in air sports enjoy meeting new friends in new places. Air sports such as Aerobatics, Aeromodelling, Airships, Amateur-Built and Experimental Aircraft, Balloons, Drones, Gliding, Hang Gliding, Helicopters, Manpowered Flying, Microlights, Parachuting, Paragliding, Paramotors and Power Flying, all have the power to contribute to a peaceful society, by bringing people together.

Practicing these sports doesn’t only mean knowing how to fly an aircraft or jump from an airplane; or even acquiring new skills, breaking records, and winning competitions... These activities also give us the opportunity to develop our social skills and help us to learn a sense of solidarity, friendship, and tolerance on and off the airfield. By showing kindness and respect to the people we meet, we can learn to see beyond differences and actively work to overcome difficulties and conflicts.

It’s time to grab your brushes and pencils! Let's imagine air sports in a peaceful world. Can you use your imagination to show how pilots, skydivers, and astronauts show kindness and respect and become friends? Your picture could show people enjoying air sports at a friendly competition, helping others at the airfield, or even working together in space! How does peace look in the freedom of the air or among astronauts? Air sports bring people together, no matter what they think about politics, religion, or race. Let’s unite through art and air sports, and show others how to inspire love, respect, and unity in the sky and beyond!

International Aviation Art Contest - National Association of State Aviation Officials (nasao.org)