Courtland Savage sat down with the folks at Reader’s Digest to discuss his motivation in founding Fly For The Culture, including his early experiences in the aviation community and his passion for helping others discover that the wonders of flight might be available to them too, even if they don’t know it. Read the full piece here.
“I do it for my culture. I do it for my community and I do it for my country because we all need to come together”, says Fly For The Culture Courtland Savage on a recent interview with Fox 46. Also discussed is a piece of exciting news: a few days prior to the interview,…
Fly For The Culture was recently featured, among other mission-focused organizations, in an article by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). “Young people today can experience an aviation career just by hitting the ‘follow’ button,” says Courtland Savage, founder and CEO of Fly for the Culture. “It’s critical that we’re putting our stories out there…
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 recently featured in a Yahoo Entertainment piece that briefly outlines our mission of promoting diversity in aviation careers, which are historically — and still — not particularly diverse workplaces. Read more at Yahoo.
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…
In this episode of Cockpit Conversations, Fly For The Culture founder Courtland Savage joins entrepreneur Darrell S. Freeman Sr. to discuss diversity and inclusion in the aviation industry, and providing introductory flights and mentorship to those interested in pursuing aviation careers.