Kissimmee Airport Business Receives Osceola High School Award
SunState Aviation selected as high school’s partner of the year

Kissimmee, FL – May 28, 2008 – Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) announced today that its airport business, SunState Aviation, was recently chosen as Osceola High School’s (OHS) 2007-2008 Partner of the Year.  The award was given to SunState Aviation to recognize its development of and on-going commitment to OHS’s aviation program started in 2006.

“Osceola High School’s Aviation Academy has exceeded our expectations, thanks to SunState Aviation,” said Chuck Paradiso, principal of Osceola High School.  “Our aviation program’s relationship with SunState Aviation illustrates what community businesses can do to enhance Florida’s high school curriculum.”

“SunState Aviation is proud to have been selected as Osceola High School’s Partner of the Year,” said Mike Camelin, director of SunState Aviation.  “We enjoy working with the students and providing training materials, speakers and complimentary training flights as rewards for student accomplishments.”

The OHS Aviation Academy is a magnet program located on campus.  Now in its second year, the program has two partners along with SunState Aviation, including the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) and Utah Valley State College (UVSC).  The EAA initiated Aero Scholars, a program designed for students to be able to earn both high school and college credit in an aviation-focused curriculum.  UVSC’s Global Aviation Degree Program provides flight training locally through SunState Aviation, which is also the local Cessna Pilot Center at Kissimmee Gateway Airport.

About Kissimmee Gateway Airport
Located just eight miles from Walt Disney World and 10 miles from the Orange County Convention Center, Kissimmee Gateway Airport accommodates general aviation air service 24 hours a day with two paved runways, 5,000 and 6,000 feet each. The airport also offers full-service F.B.O.s, flight training, aircraft storage, aircraft restoration, P-51 Mustang pilot training and T-6 Warbird adventure flights, and an industrial park. Its air traffic control tower operates from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Built in 1942, Kissimmee Gateway Airport is owned and operated by the City of Kissimmee. For more information, visit kissimmeeairport.com.

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