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Two U.S. Students Complete 2008 Internship with EADS Socata in France as Part of the “Young Eagles” Educational Program
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 28, 2008 – College students from Illinois and Wisconsin have completed six-week internships at EADS Socata’s headquarters in France as part of an ongoing cooperation with the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in the “Young Eagles” program.
The two students, Margaret A. Viola and Matthew J. Woodruff, are attending this week’s EAA AirVenture show at Oshkosh in Wisconsin, where they will outline their EADS Socata work experience at the Gathering of Eagles Dinner on July 31.
The EAA Young Eagles program was launched in 1992 to provide first-hand general aviation experience for young people. This activity is offered free of charge, and is made possible by the generosity of EAA members, its volunteers and corporations.
Viola, a student in physics and Chinese at the University of Chicago – and an active EAA volunteer for six years – was tasked with a strategic business case for the company’s general aviation sector during her internship at EADS Socata’s Tarbes, France, headquarters.
Woodruff, who is involved in the EAA’s Fond du Lac chapter, and a graduate from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, researched noise regulations for EADS Socata’s next generation of aircraft. Woodruff brought his previous experience as a research assistant at the NASA Langley’s Flight Research Center.
“We were highly impressed by our 2008 Young Eagles interns,” said Nicolas Chabbert President of EADS Socata North America. “They brought a high level of enthusiasm, skills, energy and a U.S. viewpoint to our company’s projects, and accomplished a significant amount of work in a limited period of time.”
Chabbert added that EADS Socata has agreed with the EAA to continue the Young Eagles project again in 2009.
