Aviation

In this installment from the StoryCorps Mobile Tour visit to Fort Myers in 2024, we hear Finzo Hall and his mother Marcia Robinson talk about immigrating from Jamaica to the U.S, Finzo’s determination to follow his dream of becoming a pilot, and helping other young people achieve their dreams through the powers of faith and resiliency.

Charlotte County School District leaders plan to launch a new aerospace program will at Charlotte High School in hopes of developing a young and skilled labor force in Southwest Florida. It's an expansion of the district's growing aviation program having success at Charlotte Technical College

Southwest Florida Business Today publisher Karen Moore recently heard Collier County Community Foundation President-CEO Eileen Connolly Keesler share how the foundation is working to fill local labor gaps, particularly in aeronautics.

Henry Ford, who is mostly remembered for his role in bringing automobiles to the masses, also dabbled in aviation. In the late 1920s, he produced a batch…