Minnesota Aviation Career Education Camp

Weekend Incoming! 🛬

Headed to the lake? 🤿
Going plane spotting? 📸
Working? 👩‍✈️🧑‍🔧👩‍💻
Relaxing? 🧘🛌

Whatever you are doing, we hope you are enjoying your summer! ☀️

We ❤️ our Volunteers! ✈️

Giving up a week in the summer to volunteer anywhere is a tough ask.

Luckily our amazing volunteers for Minnesota ACE Camp step up to the challenges we throw at them!

Long days, hot days, little sleep, touring loud and dangerous areas, are just some of the hazardous parts of the unpaid job.

From filling ice in our coolers in the morning, setting up food for dinner, directing 32 high school aged students to get to their tours on time, or providing the mentorship and friendship after the tours is something we treasure in our volunteers.

They each bring their own set of skills and valuable experience to help encourage and guide our students during camp and beyond.

To our counselors, directors, pre and post teams, and the countless other volunteers that operate behind the scenes to make camp so special to our students, THANK YOU! 🙏

We can’t wait to do it again in 2027!

🇺🇸 Happy July 4th 🇺🇸

Today we celebrate the freedom to chase big dreams and reach new heights! 🚀

We hope all of you spend time with your friends and family on this special day, but also realize many aviation professionals are away from home working this busy travel period! So a big thank you to all you!🫡✈️

June B ✅

Our final camp of the year has officially came to an end tonight. 🛬

Two camps, in two weeks, 64 students, tours, flights, bus rides, games, it all goes so quick! ⏩

From learning about drone operations in agricultural applications, airline maintenance, dispatch, air traffic control, airport police and fire departments, flying gliders, planes and even helicopters, our students did it all! 👏

Thank you to the parents, friends, and mentors that helped guide and support these students to camp and beyond in their future aviation careers! 👩‍✈️🧑🏼‍✈️

Big thanks to our all of our partners, speakers, and donors that help make camp as successful as it is. We truly couldn’t do camp without you! ❤️

We also couldn’t pull off camp without our team of dedicated volunteers that have donated their precious time away from their own families and careers to help guide and mentor our students during the week! 🧑🏼‍✈️👷‍♀️👨‍🚀👨‍🏭👨‍🔧👩‍🏫

Even though camps are done for the year, we are still planning to make things even better for next year! 🎉

Photos by: .runna 📸

Meet the June B staff 👋

We have a fresh set of volunteers ready to start camp all over again! 🎉

From airline captains and first officers, a military helicopter pilot, flight students, and our own web designer, our staff for June B is ready to mentor and lead our next set of ACE Camp students this week! 👏

Our staff has given up precious time away from their families and jobs this summer to volunteer at camp to lead, help set up, clean up and provide food for our students! 👍

Thank you June B staff! Let’s have an awesome week! 🛫

June A ✅

What. A. Week! ✈️

We are so proud of our students that experienced everything aviation this week! ✈️

From learning about drone operations, airline maintenance, dispatch, air traffic control, and experiencing flight in a helicopter and small airplane, they did it all! 👏

Thank you to the parents, friends, and mentors that helped guide and support these students to camp and beyond in their future aviation careers! 👩‍✈️🧑🏼‍✈️

Big thanks to all of our partners, speakers, and donors that help make camp as successful as it is. We truly can’t do it without you! ❤️

We also couldn’t pull off camp without our team of dedicated volunteers that have donated their precious time away from their own families and jobs to help guide and mentor our students during the week! 👩‍✈️👷‍♂️👩‍💼👨‍🏭👩‍🚀👩‍🔧🧑‍🏫

We can’t wait to do it all over again this Sunday to start June B camp! 🎉

Meet the ‘June A’ Staff! 👩‍✈️👨‍🔧🛫

Our first 2026 camp begins this Sunday!

We have a dedicated group of volunteers that have graciously given up a valuable week of their summer to help mentor, lead, and educate our students during camp! 👏

From pilots, flight instructors, air traffic controllers, and military personnel, our staff can share their personal experiences to help our students in their aviation journey ahead! ✈️

With a combined volunteer time of over 45 years experience doing ACE camps, our staff is ready for another exciting year! 🥳

We can’t wait to see you all on Sunday!

MN ACE Camp Packing List ✅

Our first camp is just over a week away! 🎉

Don’t forget to pack these essential items for camp to ensure you will have a great time! 🛫

Please contact your Camp Director if you have any questions regarding the packing list! 💻

🇺🇸Memorial Day🇺🇸

Today we honor and mourn the military men and women that have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country. 🎖️

May their courage inspire us to live with courage and gratitude. 🙏

Flight Sim Expo 2026 is coming to Saint Paul! 🚨

The Flight Simulation Association is hosting their 7th annual convention in downtown Saint Paul this June! 📆

This is an awesome opportunity for our Minnesota ACE Camp alumni, volunteers, and future students! 👩‍✈️👨🏻‍✈️

There will be over 60 flight simulators to fly, seminars, workshops, and also career oriented workshops hosted by Professional Pilots of Tomorrow to attend during the three day expo! ✈️

The Flight Simulation Association has graciously shared a discount code for our Minnesota ACE Camp family to use if you are interested in attending! 💻

Let us know if you are planning on attending and make sure to tag us and ! 👍

📆 June 12-14, 2026
📍 Saint Paul RiverCentre
💸 Discount Code: MNExpo
💻 www.flightsimexpo.com