David Falsetto II Graduates from Aviation Challenge

Huntsville, AL – David Falsetto II of Ashburn, VA, recently attended Aviation Challenge – Mach III at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s Official Visitor Center.

The weeklong educational program promotes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), while training students and adults with hands-on activities and missions based on teamwork, leadership and problem solving.

Falsetto II was part of the Aviation Challenge – Mach III Program, a program specifically designed for students who have an interest in military aviation and the mechanics of flight. Falsetto II spent the week training with a team that flew a simulated F-18 fighter jet.

The crew learned critical land- and water-survival skills and mastered Top Gun flying maneuvers. David and crew returned in time to graduate with honors.

Aviation Challenge opened in 1990 in Huntsville, Alabama, and uses fighter pilot training techniques to engage trainees in real-world applications of STEM subjects. Students sleep in barracks designed to resemble military bays.

More than 750,000 trainees have graduated from Space Camp and its sister programs since its inception in Huntsville, Alabama in 1982, including STS-131 astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, European Space Agency astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA Expedition 48 astronaut Dr. Kate Rubins.

Last year, children and teachers from all 50 states and 69 international locations attended Space Camp.

David won for the second year in a row, the Reaper Patch by most kills and he is very proud to achieve that patch. He worked hard for it.

What are you inspired to do with your life?

What ever I decide, I have the support from my family to achieve anything. I have had a lot of great opportunities because my schedule is flexible with homeschooling and have another love Boxing. I have a coach and I am very grateful to have him teaching me.