Mini-Max Education Programs
Bring Aviation to the Next Generation.
Mini-Max USA wants to partner with schools, colleges, youth groups, aviation clubs, and community programs to help students discover aviation through real hands-on aircraft building.
Aviation students can touch, measure, cut, build, and understand.
Mini-Max aircraft are simple, approachable, wood-and-fabric designs that can help turn aviation from an abstract idea into a real hands-on learning experience.
The airplane is the classroom
Real aircraft. Real tools. Real inspiration.
Mini-Max USA wants to work with educators, mentors, youth organizations, and aviation advocates to bring the joy of aviation to the next generation.
Students do not need to start with a pilot certificate or an engineering degree. They can start with a ruler, a plan sheet, a piece of wood, a safe workspace, and a mentor who believes aviation should be reachable.
The goal is bigger than one airplane. The goal is confidence, curiosity, craftsmanship, teamwork, and a lifelong connection to aviation.
Inspired by youth aircraft-building programs.
Programs like Kids Building Planes show how powerful it can be when young people help build a real Mini-Max aircraft. They learn to read plans, understand structures, use tools safely, solve problems, and experience the pride of making an aircraft part with their own hands.
Who we want to work with
Schools, clubs, mentors, and community builders.
Mini-Max USA is looking for education partners who want to use aviation as a hands-on way to teach technical skills, problem solving, responsibility, and teamwork.
High Schools & CTE Programs
Bring aviation into shop class, STEM labs, career technical education, engineering pathways, and after-school programs.
Colleges & Trade Schools
Create hands-on aviation projects for aerospace, maintenance, manufacturing, engineering, and technical programs.
Youth Groups & Clubs
Partner with EAA chapters, aviation clubs, scout-style programs, homeschool co-ops, camps, and community groups.
Sponsors & Donors
Help fund kits, tools, materials, workshop space, scholarships, transportation, and community aviation events.
What students can learn
Hands-on aviation is hands-on STEM.
A Mini-Max education project can connect classroom concepts to the real world through aircraft construction, teamwork, and guided mentorship.
Program pathways
Start small, build momentum, grow the program.
Every school or youth organization is different. Mini-Max USA can help start the conversation around what level of involvement makes sense for your space, budget, mentors, and students.
Intro Call
Tell us about your school, program, students, mentors, space, and goals.
Program Plan
We help discuss realistic options: plans, mini-kits, aircraft kits, parts, tools, or phased projects.
Mentor Setup
Identify adult supervision, tool safety expectations, local aviation partners, and build leadership.
Student Build
Students begin learning by measuring, reading plans, shaping parts, assembling structures, and documenting progress.
Showcase
Celebrate the work through open houses, aviation days, school events, donor updates, or community presentations.
Let’s bring the joy of aviation to the next generation.
Have a school, club, college program, youth group, or sponsor network that wants to build something meaningful? Get in touch and let’s talk about what a Mini-Max education program could look like.
Start an education program
Use this form for school partnerships, youth programs, donor inquiries, community aviation projects, and education-focused Mini-Max builds.