Able Flight

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Phone: 919-942-4699

Chapel Hill
North Carolina
USA
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Target demographics: Able Flight serves a diverse population of people with disabilities, including, but not limited to, those with spinal cord injuries, wounded and disabled veterans, and those with Cerebral Palsy, MS, and loss of limb(s).

Geographic areas served: National

Board Members and Affiliation: Able Flight's board includes a flight instructor, an aviation medical examiner and a wounded veteran who flies his own plane using a prosthetic arm.

Mission:

Able Flight's mission is to offer people with disabilities a unique way to challenge themselves through flight training, and by doing so, to gain greater self-confidence and self-reliance.

Results:

Able Flight was founded in June of 2006, and awarded its first flight training scholarships in December of 2006. Since then it has awarded 37 scholarships, and nineteen recipients are now licensed pilots, with several currently in training and others scheduled to begin.

Beginning in 2010, Able Flight partnered with Purdue University on a annual joint flight training program. To date, six students have attended with all six earning their pilot licenses, a 100% success rate!

In 2011 Able Flight awarded its first Career Training Scholarships, and both recipients completed training and are now licensed as repairmen by the FAA.

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Chris.Gschwendtner

01/28/12

Able Flight had recently changed my life by bestowing me with a career training scholarship to be a Light Sport Repairman with Maintenance Rating. I was wounded in Iraq twice during the Surge in Baghdad. As a result this prevented me from flying for the Army. One day I came across Able Flight ... more »

heather2243

01/27/12

I was one of two lucky recipients to receive a flight training scholarship at Purdue University in 2010. Everyone involved invested so much of their time in assuring our success. I was taken completely out of my comfort zone and pushed to the edge. That is how you learn what you are truly capable ... more »

Sue S.

02/19/11

I've been involved with Able Flight since the very early days. I have met the most amazing people and seen first-hand how Able Flight scholars have been transformed by the freedom of flight. It has been truly rewarding to get to know all the wonderful people involved in this organization at every ... more »

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