Each of the 26 Wings Over the Rockies scholarship winners will receive $12,000 for the pursuit of a private pilot certificate. [Courtesy: Wings Over the Rockies]
Key Takeaways:
Wings Over the Rockies, supported by the Ray Foundation, awarded its Flight Training Scholarship to 26 high school students.
Each scholarship provides $12,000 to help students earn a private pilot certificate in either a single-engine airplane or a glider.
Recipients were selected through a rigorous evaluation and interview process and are assigned mentors to guide them through their training.
Since its launch in 2019, the program has provided over $1.3 million in scholarships to 150 high school students aged 15-19 in Colorado.
Wings Over the Rockies, with the help of the Ray Foundation, is making it possible for 26 high school students to pursue their aviation dreams. The students are this year’s winners of the Wings Flight Training Scholarship.
Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
