Scholarship Sponsors

The Whirly-Girls are very grateful to all who support our scholarship program. The individuals and companies listed below have generously donated funds and/or resources to help our scholarship recipients gain knowledge and experience, increasing their levels of skill, and helping them become safer pilots.

We are also grateful to members and friends of the Whirly-Girls whose dues, donations, and estate gifts help us fund three scholarships:

The Whirly-Girls Memorial Flight Training Scholarship,
The Whirly-Girls Initial or Add-On Helicopter Flight Training Scholarship
The Whirly-Girls Jean Tinsley Memorial HELI-EXPO Scholarship, made possible by the estate of Jean Tinsley, WG#118

If you would like to sponsor or help fund a scholarship for the Whirly-Girls, please contact our VP of Scholarships at scholarships@whirlygirls.org.

Tamara Jackson presents WG#1730 Anne Paya with the Erickson Scholarship at the 2018 Whirly-Girls Annual Awards Banquet

3G Heli Prep

Sponsor of the 3G Getting Started with Helicopters Scholarships

Airbus

Coponsor of the Airbus Helicopters North America/Helisim LLC AS350 Scenario-Based Training Course Scholarship

Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County

Sponsor of the Anastasia Mosquito Control District Ag Spray Scholarship

Bell Helicopter

Sponsor of the Stewart ‘Stu’ Dietrick Memorial Scholarship -- Inadvertent IMC and Helicopter Upset Recovery Course, the Bell 407 Field Maintenance Scholarship, the Bell 407 Series Integrated Avionics System Maintenance Scholarship, the Bell 412 Series Field Maintenance Scholarship, the Bell 429 Field Maintenance Scholarship, the Bell 429 Integrated Avionics System Maintenance Scholarship, the Bell 505 B1.3 Field Maintenance Scholarship, and the Bell 505 B2 Integrated Avionics Maintenance Scholarship.

Bristow Group

Sponsor of the Bristow Group Initial Helicopter Flight Training Scholarship

CAE

Sponsor of the CAE SK-76 Initial Training for Helicopter ATP Scholarship

Central Oregon Community College

Cosponsor of the Leading Edge Flight Academy and Central Oregon Community College Helicopter Instrument Rating Scholarship

Coptersafety

Sponsor of the Coptersafety H145 Initial/ATP Training Course

Edward M. Thurn Trust

Sponsor of the Edward M. Thurn Memorial Scholarship

FlightSafety

FlightSafety International
Bell 206/Bell 407 Scholarship

Garmin

Sponsor of the Garmin GTN & Flight Display Pilot Training Class Scholarships and the Garmin Aviation Online Training Course Scholarships

Helisim LLC

Cosponsor of the Airbus Helicopters North America/Helisim LLC AS350 Scenario-Based Training Course Scholarship

Leading Edge Flight Academy

Cosponsor of the Leading Edge Flight Academy and Central Oregon Community College Helicopter Instrument Rating Scholarship

Leonardo

Sponsor of the Leonardo Helicopters AW139 Flight Training Scholarships and the Leonardo Helicopters AW139 Full Airframe Maintenance Course Scholarships

MD Helicopters

Sponsor of the MD Helicopters
MD500 Flight Training Scholarship

Panhandle Helicopter Academy

Sponsor of the Lora Trout Remembrance Initial or Commercial Training Scholarship

PHI Aviation

Sponsor of the PHI Aviation
Bell 407 Scholarship

Randy Mains/Oregon Aero

Sponsor of the Oregon Aero CRM/AMRM Instructor Training Scholarships

Robinson Helicopter Company

Sponsor of the Robinson Helicopter R22/R44 Safety Course and the R66 Safety Course Scholarships

Survival Systems USA, Inc.

Sponsor of the Survival Systems USA Aviation Survival & Egress Training Scholarship

Timberline Helicopters

Cosponsor of the Volo Mission & Timberline Vertical Reference/External Load Scholarship

Volo Mission

Cosponsor of the Volo Mission & Timberline Vertical Reference/External Load Scholarship