by General Aviation News Staff | Aug 19, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230907, Able Flight, Aviation News, Briefings, Cirrus Aircraft, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Cirrus Aircraft has committed to sponsoring an Able Flight scholarship for a student pilot for three years starting in 2023. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jul 26, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230810, Able Flight, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Aviation News, Briefings, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Able Flight scholarships recipients Tyler Cernik, Bobby Dove, Melvin Du, Leslie Irby, Andrew Kurka, Dijon McCorkle, and William Scheremet earned pilot certificates during an intensive training program at Purdue University between late May and early July. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 7, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230223, Able Flight, Aviation News, aviation scholarships, Briefings, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
One member of this year’s class is a veteran wounded in combat, and all use wheelchairs. They will fly three specially-adapted Sky Arrow Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA), and will be taught by instructors at Purdue University. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jul 13, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220728, Able Flight, Briefings, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
All six new pilots use wheelchairs, and include a veteran wounded in combat and another veteran who became disabled through an accident. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 17, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220310, Able Flight, Aviation News, aviation scholarships, Briefings, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
In a first for the organization, which awards scholarships to people with physical disabilities, all six in the Class of 2022 use wheelchairs due to the results of accidents, illness, or a combat injury. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 1, 2021 | Able Flight, Aviation News, flight training, General Aviation, News
“The availability of the adapted Sky Arrow helped inspire the creation of Able Flight, and over the past 15 years, many people have become licensed pilots after training in the Sky Arrow,” said Able Flight’s Founder and Executive Director Charles Stites....
