Tempest, a company specializing in pneumatic, filtration and ignition products for aircraft, has made a three-year commitment to Able Flight, providing scholarships to student pilots with special needs. The relationship was spurred when Tempest’s president John Herman attended a dinner benefiting the organization. “I cannot remember an evening that has meant more to me than that night,” Herman said in a press conference at Sun ‘n Fun.
In its nine-year history, Able Flight has awarded 60 scholarships to people with special needs, many of whom are wounded military veterans with missing limbs. Most of the scholarship recipients have achieved sport pilot certificates, but there are also many private pilot certificates, some instrument ratings and even an ATP certificate that have resulted from Able Flight scholarships.
