As Black History Month comes to a close, we’re proud to share details about Fly for the Culture, a nonprofit organization launched by GoJet First Officer Courtland Savage, which aims to inspire and expose minority students to pursue careers in aviation. Read more on the GoJet Blog to learn about Fly for the Culture’s mission and how Courtland aims to impact the pilot shortage through diversity.
Fly For The Culture Founder & CEO Courtland Savage was featured again in the Aircraft Owner’s and Pilot’s Association (AOPA) magazine. In this session, he discusses unexpectedly encountering a passion for flying during an introductory flight, and the joy he now gets out of taking kids up for their own first flights. Read more at AOPA.
Check out our recent interview with Jalopnik in which Courtland Savage discusses the (relative) affordability of owning and flying small airplanes. Read more here.
Come by the Gastonia Municipal Airport on November 17th for a Turkey Drop! We’ll be giving away turkey and leading airport facility tours, as well as offering 5 free discovery flights through our partnership with the Academy of Aviation.
Fly For The Culture was featured in a recent CNN story about its efforts to promote diversity in aviation careers. “Young people don’t believe that they can do it until they see someone like themselves doing it,” says founder Courtland Savage. The story also features other inspirational members of the aviation community, including Fly For…
Fly For The Culture founder Courtland Savage met with Fox news for a local segment on the non-profit’s role in promoting diversity in aviation. They were joined by Benjamin Teasley, a recent high school graduate who is now learning to fly after discovering aviation careers during the American Airlines Facilities Tour earlier this year. Read…
“Courtland Savage did not grow up living and breathing aviation. He had a fear of heights. He saw airplanes at the Charlotte, North Carolina, airport, where he would occasionally go with his father. But he never saw anyone who looked like himself flying an airplane, so he didn’t think that was a possibility.” Read more…