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Wednesday, April 19, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon LEWIS: Program gets high school students licensed Continued from page 3 physician, they must pass the FAA written exam and an oral exam, and they must pass a check flight with an FAA examiner. Lewis plans to take his oral exam and check flight this summer. “My goal is to earn my private certificate before I leave for college in fall,” said Lewis. Lewis has been accepted and is committed to attend- ing the Colorado School of Mines to study mechanical engineering in fall. “Mines is ranked the num- ber one engineering school in the country, and admission is extremely competitive. I think having flight training on my résumé helped me get into Mines. It demonstrates I have perseverance to achieve long-term goals, and that’s what the top colleges are looking for,” he said. Currently in its fourth year, the Flight Science class has become one of the most popular courses at SHS. With two full classes this year, the goal of the Sisters High School Flight Science program is to provide an integrated aviation offering that also enables students to reach a real-world goal of earning their private pilot license while in high school. Mastering this material requires both academic study and actual flight experience. While the academic ground school curriculum is free to students at SHS, flight instruction costs are not cov- ered by the school. Lewis and other Flight Science students have applied for scholarships and grants to help pay for the cost of flight instruction. Outlaw Aviation was started three years ago by Benny and Julie Benson, to assist SHS students in paying for their flight training. The Bensons, who also own the Sisters Airport, purchased the Cessna 172 as a trainer air- craft, and offer the students a discounted rate for flight time. In addition, the Bensons provide a matching schol- arship fund. For all funds a student brings to their flight training, whether it’s from other scholarships such as The Roundhouse Foundation or AOPA, or from family contributions, the Bensons match those funds. Lewis has been awarded several scholarships through The Roundhouse Foundation, and those funds were matched by the Bensons through a credit with Outlaw Aviation. “Their generosity is incredible,” said Robin Lewis Kane, Sam’s mother. “Sam has learned to fly at virtually no expense to us!” Lewis and his family moved to Sisters two years ago from California. “Sam has had an interest in flying from a young age, so when we learned about the flight program here in Sisters, that the students actu- ally get to fly, the decision to move here was an easy one,” said Robin. “There are other aviation programs at the high school level, but they don’t have a way for students to get flight time in a real airplane. 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