Fly For the Culture spent the afternoon at Gastonia Municipal Airport in Gastonia, NC. Throughout the afternoon, aspiring pilots were able to take a free introductory flight thanks for the generous contributions of Fly For The Culture donors!
When he’s not running Fly For The Culture, Courtland Savage is a pilot at Piedmont Airlines. Piedmont recently featured Courtland in an article that speaks to his passion for inspiring tomorrow’s aviators and showing all young people—especially those who are least able to see it—that flying is a viable career option for many. Read the…
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.
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…
The Root published an article featuring Fly For The Culture’s efforts and actions to promote diversity in the aviation industry. Read the full article here.
Fly For The Culture Founder & CEO Courtland Savage made the 2020 Ebony Power 100 List today, which features inspirational leaders of color in business, art, education, culture and a variety of other domains. It showcases leaders on the national stage as well as leaders working at the local level, and features Savage as a “Community Crusader”…
The idea for Fly For The Culture came from veteran US Navy aviator Courtland Savage, a regional airline pilot based in Raleigh, North Carolina.He said he started the nonprofit as a way to show the African-American community that there is a path to high-paying jobs in the aviation industry. Many of them are becoming available…