Make Learning An Adventure

The National Flight Academy

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About the NFA

• A vision fulfilled• Proven, successful and dynamic• World’s only “virtual” aircraft carrier, CVT-11 Ambition

• Addressing US challenges in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

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The Immersive Environment

Looks, sounds, feels and even smells like a real aircraft carrier.

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Onboard Ambition

• Ambition typically cruises with a complement of 108 Ambition Experimental Pilots or AXPs per week– AXPs plan their missions in the Joint Intelligence Centers (JIC)– Brief/debrief in the ready rooms– Control their missions from the Joint Operations Centers (JOC)– Execute their missions from the 30 networked flight simulators

• All tied together by a compelling story over the course of three or five-and-a-half days

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Onboard Ambition

• NFA was designed for middle and high school learners and provides them an opportunity to see how science and math are relevant in the real world

• Because of the NFA’s partnership with the University of West Florida, we are able to offer college credit for juniors and seniors as an option to the 5.5 day program

• Custom three—day programs available during the traditional school year

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Make A Difference

• Invest in the future of a new generation of young people• Opportunities to support NFA through:

– Corporate and/or individual sponsorships and naming• JOCs, JICs, Ready Rooms, Ready Room Chairs, Berthing Bunks• Corporate week sponsorship (i.e. Delta Air Lines Week at NFA)

– Scholarships• Send a deserving student or group of students to the NFA

– Become an Ambition plank owner

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