The Boris Kolesnikov Foundation launched the «Aviator 2018» competition for students of technical specialties
On October 24, the ceremonial opening of the educational project «Aviator 2018» was held at the Kirovohrad Flight Academy of NAU.
It is held by the Boris Kolesnikov Charitable Foundation for the seventh year in a row. During this time, the project covered all the leading technical universities of Ukraine, attracted 12,000 students, and 400 of them became winners of «Aviator» and visited the best aviation forums in the world – Farnborough in London and Le Bourget in Paris. For its large-scale contribution to the development of science and education in Ukraine, the Charitable Fund became the winner of the National Rating of Philanthropists-2017 ( http://kolesnikovfund.org/ru/news/1525 ), and Ukrainian students call the organization the best charitable fund for youth in the country, which helps make dreams come true.
The President of the Charitable Foundation, Boris Kolesnikov, congratulated the young people on the start of the next season of «Aviator», wished them an interesting competition, to represent their universities in the competition and brilliantly defend their projects in the finals. «I am glad to see so many young, intelligent and talented boys and girls. Over the past years, hundreds of winners and tens of thousands of participants have found a worthy use for their intelligence and talent. They visited the best air shows in the world, saw the work of their colleagues. I have no doubt that their knowledge will form the basis of the foundation of Ukraine, which will take its rightful place among the world’s strongest economies,» Borys Kolesnikov emphasized.
During the solemn opening of the competition, the organizers presented the updated composition of the jury. It was traditionally headed by the famous aircraft designer Dmytro Kiva. He will be assisted in judging by: Anton Volov – a graduate of Harvard University and winner of the «Future Leaders in Transport» scholarship of the Eno Center for Transportation (USA); Maksym Gladskyi – head of the department for academic relations and personnel training of «Progresstech-Ukraine»; Yevhen Ivanov – director of the Emirates representative office in Ukraine; Serhii Khizhnyak – transport manager of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final; Oleksandr Cherepanov is the director of production coordination and support at Interavia.
Aviation industry expert Serhii Khizhnyak noted that he is glad to join the large-scale competition for students as a jury member, because «Aviator» plays an important role in the lives of young professionals. «Those developments and novelties that students see during visits to European forums, they will not find in Ukraine. Thank you to the Boris Kolesnikov Foundation for an interesting and useful initiative, a chance for ordinary students to prove themselves and see the world,» said Serhii Khizhnyak.
Students of technical specialties of all forms of education up to 25 years of age, including young specialists and graduate students, can register to participate in «Aviator 2018». Registration is open on the Foundation’s website www.kolesnikovfund.org until December 5.
The competition will be held in four stages from December 2017 to April 2018 at participating universities. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the history and theory of aviation, technical disciplines, and the English language. 200 contestants will reach the finals, they will present their own projects to the expert jury. On April 12, the International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics, the Boris Kolesnikov Foundation will announce one hundred winners who will be awarded a trip to Great Britain for the Farnborough International Air Show.
We remind you that 6,500 students of technical specialties from 44 universities of Ukraine took part in the Aviator 2017 project.
