Epic Flight Academy, founded in 1999, is the largest Part 141 flight school in the U.S. [Credit: Epic Flight Academy]
Key Takeaways:
Epic Flight Academy awarded $145,000 in scholarships to 17 high school students for 2025 aviation training, bringing their total high school scholarship contributions over the past 10 years to $590,000.
The scholarships will support aspiring pilots and mechanics from 12 different states, chosen from over 150 applications.
A notable recipient, Brynn Witke, received the $20,000 Captain Judy Rice Pilot Scholarship for safely landing a plane after an engine failure during a solo flight.
Aviation training, be it for pilots or mechanics, is never cheap, but it will be a little less of a financial burden for some 17 high school students receiving scholarships from Epic Flight Academy.
According to Epic, the awards for 2025 amount to $145,000. The total awarded to high school students over the past 10 years totals $590,000.
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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.
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