Piper Aircraft has announced an order for two Pilot 100i\nsingle-engine trainers from the Tuskegee Airmen Inc., inspired aviation scholarship\nprogram, the RedTail Flight Academy (RFA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The RedTail Flight Academy, which began its legacy with the\nMajor General Irene-Trowel Harris Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen, will officially\nbegin training students in September 2021. The Academy, with a mission of\nhonoring the legacy of the original Tuskegee Airmen, will be based at New York\nStewart International Airport, will train to a Part 141 curriculum, and will\nstart with six pilot scholarships, increasing to thirty students per year by\n2026. Student training will take place over ten months and will result in a\nmulti-engine commercial pilot license with instrument rating for candidates\nbetween the ages 18 and 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPiper Aircraft is proud to be part of the launch of the\nRedTail Flight Academy\u201d, said Ron Gunnarson, Vice President of Sales, Marketing\nand Customer Support. \u201cThe Piper Pilot 100i is the ideal initial trainer for\nthis program as it offers the reliability and ruggedness of the PA-28, Garmin\nadvanced avionics as well as acquisition and operating costs that will enable\nthe RedTail Flight Academy to achieve their scholarship goals. We look forward\nto continuing to support the RedTail Flight Academy and their mission as they\nadvance their training program and develop qualified commercial pilots for the\naviation industry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur vision is to create a state-of-the-art flight training\nacademy that uses aviation as a developmental tool focusing on STEM, leadership\ndevelopment, and the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen\u201d, said Glendon Fraser,\nDirector, Lee A. Archer Jr., RedTail Youth Flying Program. \u201cThe addition of two\nPiper Pilot 100i aircraft is a key milestone as we work to achieve our vision\nand meet our goal of providing thirty commercial pilots per year with zero cost\nto deserving candidates. Additionally, providing a modern single-engine\naircraft equipped with a glass cockpit affords our students a competitive\nadvantage for flying in the contemporary world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Piper Aircraft has announced an order for two Pilot 100i single-engine trainers from the Tuskegee Airmen Inc., inspired aviation scholarship program, the RedTail Flight Academy (RFA). The RedTail Flight Academy, which began its legacy with the Major General Irene-Trowel Harris Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen, will officially begin training students in September 2021. The Academy, with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,30,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-florida","category-new-york"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18516,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18515\/revisions\/18516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}