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Inspiration At It's Best, Able Flight, March 25, 2018
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 1:23:56
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Synopsis
If you haven't heard of Able Flight (www.ableflight.org), you're going to want to listen in this week!!! Able Flight’s mission is to offer people with disabilities a unique way to challenge themselves through flight and aviation career training, and by doing so, to gain greater self-confidence and self-reliance. Executive Director, Charles Stites, created the organization because he and his team believe that the life-changing experience of learning to fly is best shared, and therefore designed the Able Flight Scholarships to enable people with disabilities to pursue that experience. In addition to Charles, we are joined by Justin Falls a 2016 graduate of the Able Flight program. Since an accident that resulted in Justin becoming a quadriplegic (with limited use of his hands), he has earned his doctorate, works as a pharmacist, and oh yes, he earned his sport pilot certificate at Purdue University (Purdue is a partner with Able Flight). Awe inspiring!!! Each year, Able Flight provides scholarships to deser