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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.
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for supporting Able Flight pilots.
Congratulations to Able Flight pilot (Class of 2012) and Purdue graduate student Wesley Major for being selected as the 2013 winner of the Seidel Award honoring outstanding volunteer service to Able Flight.
In 2013 Wesley served as the volunteer onsite coordinator during Able Flight's annual training at Purdue University.
The Seidel Award is named for Able Flight supporter and Advisory Board member Bob Seidel.
Thanks to Bombardier for their outstanding support of Able Flight's mission.
Thanks to
for their continuing support of Able Flight.
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(L-R) Charles Stites, Lt. Andrew Kinard, Stephany Glassing, Deirdre Dacey, Warren Cleary, Young Choi, Dennis Akins
ABLE FLIGHT PILOTS GET WINGS!
Six new pilots were honored at a ceremony at EAA AirVenture on July 30th. They received their Able Flight pilot wings as friends, parents, Able Flight sponsors and guests looked on. Dennis Akins, Young Choi, Warren Cleary, Deirdre Dacey, Lt. Andrew Kinard and Stephany Glassing were honored for their hard work and success during their training. All but Glassing trained at the Able Flight/Purdue University annual program in May and June.
Special thanks to guests Patty Wagstaff who pinned wings on Dacey and Glassing, AOPA President Craig Fuller who was on hand to pin wings on Lt. Kinard, selected as the first recipient of the AOPA/Able Flight Scholarship, and to Matt Brandon of Bombardier who pinned wings on Warren Cleary, the 2013 recipient of the Bombardier/Able Flight Scholarship. And thanks to Sennheiser Aviation for their generous donation of a new headset to each of the pilots.
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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) Bernie Wulle, Nick Losande, Charles Stites
PURDUE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HONORED AS ABLE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR
Not only did Nick Losande train Warren Cleary for his successful check ride as a Sport Pilot, since Cleary had a 3rd class medical certificate, Losande prepared him for a successful Private Pilot checkride as well.
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When student pilot Deirdre Dacey needed extra flight time to prepare for her check ride, and her scheduled instructor had to leave for a job, Losande passed on summer vacation with family and friends to stay to help Dacey. That led to her successful check ride, for a total of three checkrides in just a few weeks for this rising senior in Purdue's Department of Aviation Technology.
Also training students for Able Flight this year at Purdue were Tim Gleeson, Jared Kuhn, Abe McCollough and Matt Paczolt.
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