WNAAA

WNAAA Scholarship Essay Contest

Attention, higher-education students: Don't miss out on the opportunity to compete for a combined $3,000 in educational scholarships. The deadline for the 2012 WNAAA Scholarship Essay Contest is August 15, 2012. The Women of the National Agricultural Aviation Association will award a $2,000 scholarship as top prize in the 30th annual essay competition, and Covington Aircraft Engines has generously agreed to sponsor a $1,000 scholarship. The theme for this year's contest is “Stewards of the Sky, Stewards of the Land: Environmental Awareness in Agricultural Aviation.”

WNAAA

WNAAA logoThe Women of the National Agricultural Aviation Association (WNAAA) is a companion organization to the NAAA.

Membership

The National Agricultural Aviation Association represents the interests of small business owners and pilots licensed as commercial applicators that use aircraft to enhance food, fiber and bio-fuel production, protect forestry and control health-threatening pests.

WNAAA Leadership Training Program

Each year one applicant will be chosen to represent the WNAAA in the NAAA/Syngenta Leadership Training Program, a hands-on workshop where participants receive training on how to communicate clearly to the public, media and government about the important role aerial application plays in the production of the country's agricultural products. The deadline to apply for the WNAAA's spot in the 2013–2014 Leadership Training Program is Jan. 31. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be the spouse of an NAAA member or a dues-paying WNAAA member. The 2013–2014 Leadership Training Program begins Oct. 11–13, 2013, and concludes Feb. 14–16, 2014.

WNAAA Leadership Training Program Application

WNAAA Leadership Training Program Application

Kirsti Plunkett Bibliography

Bibliography: How to Promote Agricultural Aviation Positively

  1. Beaver, P. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Aviation. Hong Kong: Octopus Books.
  2. Greenwood, J. T. (1995). Milestones of Aviation. China: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc.

Tara Hofmann Bibliography

Bibliography: How to Promote Agricultural Aviation Positively

  1. Agriculture in the Classroom. (n.d.). Agriculture in the Classroom.

1st Place: 2011 WNAAA Scholarship Essay Contest

Author: 
By Tara Hofmann

How to Promote Agricultural Aviation Positively

What child isn’t amazed by an aerial applicator flying over a nearby field? A child exclaims with excitement, “Look! Look! An airplane! He is going up and down! What is he doing?” Kids are in awe of what appears to be the acrobatic flying of aerial applicators. If kids understood how much impact aerial applicators had on their day to day life, they would be even more in awe of the job of an aerial applicator. How do we ensure that children know the impact and importance of aerial applicators?

2nd Place: 2011 WNAAA Scholarship Essay Contest

Author: 
By Kirsti Plunkett

How to Promote Agricultural Aviation Positively  

For years the agricultural aviation industry has faced the critique and skepticism of those who have failed to look into the heart of aviation and fully grasp the importance of these pilots to everyday demands in the economy. Without the time-efficient and accurate work of these aerial wonders, the prices of produce would greatly increase and the quality of the foods we enjoy every day would deplete; yet the question still remains: how do we make known the value of this industry to those outside of the immediate circle of farmers and pilots?

Honorable Mention: 2011 WNAAA Scholarship Essay Contest

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By Abby Hartz

How to Promote Agricultural Aviation Positively 

A quick Google News search of “aerial application” will lend itself to nearly 10 pages of stories about pilots involved in crashes, accidental sprays and near death experiences. As someone who grew up around aerial application in rural Arkansas, these generic stereotypes do not begin to reveal the positive effects agricultural aviation has on our society.

While industry-insiders and those who grew up around aerial application know the positive implications of agricultural aviation, the majority of people in this country probably have negative ideas about what it is aerial applicators offer them. An anonymous citizen taking a bite of rice with his or her “authentic” Southern gumbo probably does not realize the number of people it took to get that bite onto the fork. Education is key in this industry in order to reintroduce to the masses what it is that aerial applicators do each day and how every person benefits from the work of the industry.

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