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When you donate to the Able Flight Scholarship Fund, you become more than a donor...you become a partner in its mission.
Our thanks to
for supporting Able Flight pilots.
Congratulations to Able Flight pilot Kevin Crombie who will be a student this Fall at Purdue's Department of Aviation Technology.
Congratulations to Able Flight supporter and Advisory Board member Bob Seidel on earning his Private Pilot Certificate.
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(L-R) Jason Jernigan, Devon Radloff, Tyrell Rhodes, Matt Sponaugle & Wesley Major
(Image courtesy of General Aviation News)
ABLE FLIGHT PILOTS GET WINGS!
Five new pilots received their Able Flight Wings in a ceremony at EAA Airventure on July 24th. Parents, supporters and sponsors joined more than 100 guests as Jason Jernigan, Devon Radloff, Tyrell Rhodes, Matt Sponaugle and Wesley Major were honored for their hard work and success during their training at Purdue.
Special thanks to Matt Brandon of Bombardier, on hand to pin wings on Tyrell Rhodes who was selected as the Able Flight/Bombardier Scholarship recipient for 2012, to airshow great Michael Goulian who pinned wings on three of the new pilots, and to Sennheiser Aviation for their generous donation of a new headset to each of the pilots. Learn more about the pilots and the ceremony by visiting Able Flight's website.
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ABLE FLIGHT RECEIVES GRANT FROM CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FOUNDATION FOR CAREER TRAINING FOR WOUNDED VETERANS
Able Flight is proud to announce that it has received a $4000 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The grant was awarded to support aviation career training for wounded veterans.
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For information on how to apply for a Career Training Scholarship, visit the Scholarships page on Able Flight's website.
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(L-R) Derek Stewart and Justin Lowe
PURDUE FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS SHARE INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
It was a tie for Flight Instructor of the Year as Able Flight selected both Derek Stewart and Justin Lowe for their outstanding work during our third annual joint training program with Purdue University.
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Both Stewart and Lowe are graduate students in the Department of Aviation Technology at Purdue. Working under the direction of Professor Bernie Wulle, Lowe headed development of the new training syllabus while Stewart served as Lead Flight Instructor.
Also training students for Able Flight this year were Purdue instructors Edwin Richardson, Boaz Allyn-Feuer, Garrett Goodwin and George Schnur.
(Image courtesy of
General Aviation News)
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