Around 180 secondary school students will explore aviation at TUI fly Belgium’s training centre in Zaventem over the coming weeks through the Newton Room, an educational project organised with Boeing and FIRST Scandinavia.
During the two-week programme, students will learn how pilots prepare a flight, calculate a route and estimate its duration. A TUI fly pilot will guide them through the decisions involved before they put their calculations to use in a professional flight simulator.
The students will also visit an aircraft, allowing them to connect what they have learnt in the classroom and simulator with the real working environment. The programme is designed to make science, technology and aviation more accessible to young people.
TUI fly says it hopes the experience will encourage both girls and boys to consider technical and aviation careers. FIRST Scandinavia, which develops hands-on science and technology learning programmes, is providing the educational guidance.