LAS VEGAS – Students in Faith Lutheran High School’s Aviation Academy and Flight Club will be gaining new altitude thanks to a new $1.1 million classroom and aviation lab for the school’s Odor Family Flight Academy.
A ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony beginning at 3 p.m., March 17, at 2015 S. Hualapai Way, will mark the progress.
The new classroom features two five-screen flight simulators and eight Redbird TD2 flight simulators with three viewing screens. The table-mounted simulators, approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, place the yoke, switches, gauges and visuals in the correct and most realistic position for the pilot. The Redbird TD2 represents a generic single-engine piston aircraft. Users can choose to fly with or without retractable landing gear, constant speed propeller or high-performance engines.
Acoustical sound panels resembling an airplane hangar’s interior are mounted on classroom walls; propellerlike panels are mounted on ceilings for noise absorption and visual effect. The space also displays a collection of aviation memorabilia.
Las Vegas design-build firm KGA Architecture was the architect for the classroom and DC Building Group built the 1,700- square-foot classroom, which will accommodate up to 30 students and have its own entryway.
“This classroom will give us the space and resources we need to provide future pilots with the best education possible. This will be where we lay the foundation of their training and provide them with the skills to succeed in the aviation industry, said Faith Lutheran Oder Flight Academy instructor Bianca Lorenz.
Faith Lutheran officials collaborated with flight experts to create the Odor Family Flight Academy.
“Based on our research there is a well-documented impending shortage of pilots in the United States, and we wanted to get out ahead of it,” said Faith Lutheran CEO Dr. Steve Buuck. “Flying can also be a catalyst for philanthropy as goods can be transported to those in need around the world, and we want our students prepared to serve in that capacity.”
About Faith Lutheran High School’s Oder Family Flight Academy and Flight Club
The Oder Family Flight Academy and Flight Club launched in the 2020-21 school year to extend students’ learning about aviation and connect with aviation professionals to spark lifelong interest in aviation. The Academy provides students with the opportunity to connect with peers, join field trips and on-campus meetings and see presentations by outside speakers. Faith’s Flight Club members also serve others, working with nonprofit agencies through aviation-specific activities.
About Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School is Nevada’s largest private school and the largest Lutheran school in the United States, serving more than 2,000 students from the Las Vegas Valley and abroad.
The school, housed on a 50-acre state-of-the-art campus near Downtown Summerlin, offers advanced middle school and high school college preparatory curriculum and extensive athletic, fine arts, and after school activities in a distinctively Christian environment.
Faith Lutheran’s unique high school academies program includes Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), Justice & Advocacy, Business & Entrepreneurship, Film & Broadcast, Hospitality & Tourism, Christ Academy, Oder Family Flight Academy and the Conservatory of Fine Arts. The school is dedicated to its mission statement of Everyone Prepared! Everyone Saved! and is fueled by its core values of Family, Academics, Innovation, Truth and High Achievement.
Faith Lutheran is accredited by AdvancED and the National Lutheran Schools Accreditation. Learn more at www.faithlutheranlv.org.
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