Kayla Collins receives the latest $2,500 Sporty’s Pilot Training+ Scholarship. [Courtesy: Sporty's]
Key Takeaways:
Kayla Collins, an aspiring pilot aiming for a major airline career, was awarded the latest $2,500 Sporty’s Pilot Training+ Scholarship.
Collins is making a significant career change from interior design to pursue her passion for aviation, recognizing the financial challenges of flight training.
Sporty's Pilot Shop initiated its scholarship program in 2018 to support new aviators, having awarded 14 scholarships totaling over $35,000 to date.
The scholarship is part of Sporty’s Pilot Training+ membership, which offers access to flight training resources and awards three $2,500 scholarships annually.
It doesn’t matter who you are or where you train, one of the constants of aviation is that flight training is expensive.
For the past five years, Sporty’s Pilot Shop of Batavia, Ohio, has offered scholarships to help fledgling aviators reach their goals. This year’s winner is Kayla Collins from Charleston, South Carolina.
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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.
