Richland One BLAST Magnet students and Lexington-Richland District 5 students committed to careers in aviation on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at Jim Hamilton-L.B. Owens Airport, located at 1400 Jim Hamilton Boulevard in Columbia. The event is part of South Carolina Aviation Week, which Gov. Henry McMaster proclaimed as April 21-27, 2024.
“The promotion of Aviation Week helps develop intentional pathways for promoting
interest in aviation and engages students to pursue aviation at some level,” said South Carolina Aviation Association President, Kevin Howell.
Fifteen high school students signed certificates of intent to pursue careers in aviation during the event, which occurred in the SC Historic Aviation Foundation Hangar.
South Carolina Aviation Week is a statewide celebration of the economic and educational impact of airports and the aviation industry and is
planned in partnership by South Carolina Aviation Association (SCAA) and South Carolina Aeronautics Commission.
SCAA actively promotes and encourages aviation and airport development to meet air transportation needs and assist the state in achieving economic development goals. Its membership is comprised of airports, aviation industry partners and aviators across South Carolina. For more information, please visit scaaonline. com.
