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Gearing Up for NAFI Summit 2025

Speakers have been named and topics chosen for the annual instructor gathering in September.

Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET

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The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) Summit will take place from September 21-23 at the MAPS Air Museum at the Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio.
The summit brings together flight instructors and industry professionals for skill-building seminars, workshops, and networking, alongside exhibitors showcasing training products and services.
Presentations will focus on four main themes: leveraging technology, supporting pilot health, enhancing industry and government relations, and integrating best practices.
Key speakers include Lee Collins delivering the keynote, Dr. Susan Northrup as the featured dinner speaker, and John and Martha King on elevating safety.

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The list of speakers who will present at the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) Summit on September 21-23 has been released.

The summit will take place at the MAPS Air Museum at the Akron-Canton Airport (KCAK) in Ohio.

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.