Radio-controlled jets will be zipping through the Marana sky next week at speeds approaching 200 mph during the three-day Tucson Jet Rally.
The rally is a benefit for the Ryan Sherrow Scholarship Fund, awarded by the Academy of Model Aeronautics. Ryan, a skilled radio-controlled-jet pilot from Tucson, died in 2008 after a brief illness. He was 14.
Even though Ryan was still in middle school, he’d already decided he wanted to attend college and pursue a career as an aeronautical engineer.
His parents, Debbie and Clay Sherrow, have established two scholarships in their son’s name. More than $10,000 has been raised for each of the scholarships.
The first — The Ryan M. Sherrow Endowed Scholarship — administered by the University of Arizona Foundation, has awarded four scholarships so far. The endowed scholarship through the Indiana-based Academy of Model Aeronautics is expected to award its first scholarship this year, Debbie Sherrow said.
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The rally, at the Tucson International Modelplex Park in Marana, is organized by Debbie Sherrow as a benefit for the Academy of Model Aeronautics scholarship.
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