Airplanes and aviation have progressed a long way since the 120-foot flight by Orville Wright on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Airlines worldwide have sprouted since the first US airline began operating between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, on January 1, 1914. Today supersonic aircraft fly routinely across the oceans, and more than two million people are employed in aviation, the aerospace and air transportation industries. Teachers need additional tools to encourage students of today to learn strategies and techniques useful in gaining employment in the Aviation industry. "The Sky Has No Limit" is such a tool. It will encourage parents, teachers, and student understanding of aviation and its ability of creating excitement in classrooms. Airplanes inspire youth; properly harnessed that inspiration will spill into other academic areas; Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. Aviation subjects in the classroom will contribute to minimize the lack of learning in schools.
About the Author: Dr. René González-Iznaga, Honorably discharged from U.S. Navy, and awarded the Good Conduct Medal. René earned his Doctorate of Education (D. Ed.) from Walden University (Teacher Leadership); Master of Arts (MA) from University of Phoenix (Curriculum & Instruction); and Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) from World University (Aeronautical Science). René has twenty-three years of government service, including Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Flight Standards District Office (FSDO); where he held positions as office manager, supervisor, principal operations inspector, aviation safety inspector, and accident prevention program manager. Additionally René served as team member in writing the Inspector's Handbooks in Washington, DC. René has fourteen years' experience as professor of aeronautics, and adult education at Inter-American University PR, and World University as professor aeronautical program and National University College Puerto Rico. René was an airline pilot with Puerto Rico International Airline (PRINAIR), and served as Chief Flight Instructor for Isla Grande flying School, an FAA approved part 141 flight school, providing flight and advance ground instructor lessons to aeronautical students. René has conducted over 2,500 hours of individual flight lessons; advising and certifying students for initial solo flight, private, commercial, instrument, multi-engine, and airline transport pilot certificates.