Civil Aviation Day celebrated with display, aeronautic show

Civil Aviation Day is celebrated annually to establish and reinforce worldwide awareness of the importance of international civil aviation in the social and economic development of states. Hoping to encourage youths to take up careers in this particular industry, the Department of Civil Aviation marked the occasion with a display at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. Shawn Young, Flight Operations Inspector for the Department of Civil Aviation, told us more about today’s celebration.

Shawn Young, Flight Operations Inspector, Dept. Civil Aviation
“The purpose of this day is to give or sensitize the public about what is happening in the aviation industry and the opportunities that are available. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Tomorrow’s aviation: a world of opportunities for skilled aviation personnel. So as you can see it’s a world of opportunity and a lot of people don’t know about. We are out sensitize young people not only being a pilot, but or an engineer; there’s a lot of things that you can do in the aviation field that people do not know about. We wanted to give the opportunity to the kids, most of all, to see what the aviation industry is like and if they would like to pursue a career or not, what it would take and who they would be dealing with.”

Jose Sanchez
“On display, what did you have?”

Shawn Young
“The displays that we have here are Tropic Air, American—most of the local operators including Tropic Air Limited, Mayan Island Air, American Airlines, we have professional, which is Belizeanal body for Cocessna and we have the B.D.F. and we had BATSUB out here a little bit earlier and we had a display done by them and also an aerobatic display by the Belize Defence Force Air wing.”

Internationally, Civil Aviation Day will be celebrated on Sunday December seventh under the theme “Tomorrow’s Aviation- A world of opportunity for skilled aviation personnel.”