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Able Flight Pins Wings On New Pilots

The scholarship winners were pinned by their benefactors on the stage at the Theater in the Woods. Julie Boatman
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Key Takeaways:

  • Able Flight, a charitable organization founded in 2006, honored its newest class of seven pilots with physical challenges at a wing-pinning ceremony at EAA AirVenture.
  • These scholarship recipients completed intensive, seven-week flight training at Purdue University and Ohio State University, utilizing specially adapted aircraft.
  • The program is supported by numerous sponsors, with several presenting named scholarships, and the event also recognized an Instructor of the Year and posthumously honored contributor Jon Hansen.
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In 2006, Charles Stites sought a way to help those with disabilities to find their own way into the sky. In 2019, Able Flight has fulfilled that dream and continues to grow.

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