Kayla Collins receives the latest $2,500 Sporty’s Pilot Training+ Scholarship. [Courtesy: Sporty's]
Key Takeaways:
Kayla Collins from Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded the $2,500 Sporty's Pilot Training+ Scholarship.
Sporty's Pilot Shop initiated its scholarship program in 2018, and Collins is the 14th recipient, with the award aimed at alleviating the high costs of flight training.
Collins, previously a flight attendant and interior designer, is pursuing a career change to fulfill her dream of becoming a pilot, with aspirations to fly for a major airline.
She is actively training at Charleston Flight School, utilizing Sporty's online resources, and aims to earn her private pilot certificate and instrument rating this year, followed by commercial and instructor certificates in 2024.
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.
