EAA welcomes Airbus as AeroEducate Partner, Collaborating on Educating Youth on Aviation and Aerospace

July 26, 2021

The Experimental Aircraft Association welcomes Airbus, a pioneer and leader in global aviation and aerospace, as a major supporter of EAA’s new AeroEducate program, an effort to inspire young people about aviation and aerospace across a range of career paths.

As a launch partner under this four-year agreement, Airbus will provide funding to support youth engagement initiative focused on careers in commercial aviation and in aerospace. Additionally, EAA will become the Official Youth Aviation Partner of Airbus, while Airbus becomes the Official Business Partner of AeroEducate.

While EAA and Airbus are longstanding partners on a range of aviation initiatives, the AeroEducate partnership strengthens both companies’ educational programs. EAA AeroEducate brings an interactive, educational, and engaging experience to the youth, while inspiring them about aviation. Airbus will be particularly beneficial in helping EAA inspire young people to pursue careers focusing on the manufacturing aspect of aviation, via its global scope and scale, offering opportunities to explore some of the world’s most challenging production and business development issues impacting the aviation industry.

“EAA has worked with Airbus for many years now on a variety of sponsorship programs, and continues to build a stronger relationship with them while enhancing the young people’s knowledge on aerospace,” said Jack J. Pelton, EAA CEO and Chairman of the Board. “This alliance with Airbus takes its outstanding aerospace educational programs and brings a new generation of young people into the world of aviation.”

"At Airbus we do far more than just build things that fly - we connect people. Our people ensure our products fly safely in order to build a more connected world,” said John O'Leary, Airbus Americas' Vice President of Engineering. "People are at the heart of everything we do and our continued success - and the ongoing success of the aviation industry - depends on engaging the next generation of aviation professionals. It is with this mission in mind that we are excited to partner with EAA on the AeroEducate program to cultivate a passion for all things that fly to nurture the next generation of aviation professionals and enthusiasts."

Additional details and program opportunities will be announced as joint programming develops over the coming weeks.