{"id":149812,"date":"2026-07-20T15:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/frank-sam-and-betty-houston-flight-training-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:42:29","slug":"frank-sam-and-betty-houston-flight-training-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/frank-sam-and-betty-houston-flight-training-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank “Sam” and Betty Houston Flight Training Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
<\/div>\r\n\r\nAmount: <\/strong> $14,000.\r\n\r\n
<\/div>\r\n\r\nAbout: <\/strong>\r\n Offered by The Museum of Flight, the Frank “Sam” and Betty Houston Flight Training Scholarship is a $14,000 award to provide for people who are interested in becoming professional pilots or working in a career in which having a private pilot’s license would be beneficial. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen residing in the state of Washington; must be a high school student at least 16\u00bd years of age (as of March 1, this year); must have participated in at least 40 hours of programs supported by the museum of flight, for example, Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS), Private Pilot Ground School, Aeronautical Science Pathway, Raisbeck Aviation High School, and\/or other programs sponsored by the Museum; at the time of application, scholarship applicant must begin process of obtaining FAA third-class medical certificate; recipient must participate in the Museum\u2019s Flight Mentoring Club, which meets at least once a month; must update the museum of flight of their flight training status on a monthly basis; recipient, and at least one parent\/guardian, must attend a pre-training workshop via zoom on March 25, this year; recipient, and at least one parent\/guardian, must attend the Scholarship Celebration scheduled for May 8, this year; applicant and parent\/guardian must read companion document, flight training fundamentals and parent\/guardian must give permission for the student to participate in flight training and also provide dedicated support through the process. 5 awards are made annually.\r\n\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\n Eligible Grade Levels:<\/strong> High School Senior\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\n Eligible Majors:<\/strong> Computer Science\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\n Residency Requirement:<\/strong> Washington\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\nMinimum GPA:<\/strong> No GPA requirement\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\nDeadline:<\/strong> February 2.\r\n\r\n
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Amount: $14,000. About: Offered by The Museum of Flight, the Frank “Sam” and Betty Houston Flight Training Scholarship is a $14,000 award to provide for people who are interested in becoming professional pilots or working in a career in which having a private pilot’s license would be beneficial. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen residing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-no-separators","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4137,3730,5909,4092,4953,3773],"tags":[5704],"class_list":["post-149812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-science","category-february","category-financial-need-stem","category-high-school-senior","category-no-gpa-requirement","category-washington","tag-5704"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n