Alabama: Aeronautics Get Boost at Foley High - Flight Simulator gets new life. (With Video)

It started when retired businessman Leon Royer was tutoring a student in math at Foley High. The student expressed an interest in flying--and said the school had a flight simulator.

"We took a look and it was a disaster," said Royer. So he enlisted the help of volunteers and pilots Biff Johnson and Art Perez. Months of soliciting parts, computer expertise and a little cash turned the disaster into a top-notch flight simulator.

It will add to the experience of an aeronautics course already implemented at the school. Students like senior Christian Polka hope to take advantage of it to learn the basics of flight. Polka wants to go into the Air Force.

But others wil also get the benefit of learning the math and science side, even if they don't want to pursue piloting an aircraft.

Math instructor Mike Raines says the aeronautics course is a new one with only a few students, but he expects it to grow in the semesters ahead.

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