The Board of Directors of the Solon and Martha Dixon Foundation has pledged $200,000 to the Auburn University College of Business in support of flight education. The gift will be used to purchase a glass cockpit flight training device and create an endowment to support proper maintenance and upkeep of the equipment throughout its useful life. 

A 1926 graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Solon Dixon was a leader in the forestry industry. Dixon began his career, however, in the aeronautical engineering and flight education programs at Auburn, instructing student pilots for nearly a decade. In recognition of his early role in flight education programs, the Auburn University Board of Trustees approved a request at its last meeting to name the simulator after Mr. Dixon.

The simulator will be known as the Solon Dixon Flight Simulator.

The Aviation Management Advisory Board is happy to announce that our goal of fully funding a $25,000 endowment has been reached. The endowment was funded mostly through donations from board members and matching donations from their companies.

The funding of this endowment will ensure that the Advisory Board will be able to provide a scholarship each year for a deserving Aviation Management student.

We'd like to thank everyone who donated to the endowment.