Application

Able Flight’s mission is to offer people with disabilities a unique way to challenge themselves through flight training, and by doing so, to gain greater self-confidence and self-reliance.

Able Flight at SIU extends this challenge, and this opportunity, to people with disabilities, for the ability to fly is within the reach of many, and once earned, it is a skill that infuses a person with a self-confidence that enhances their own lives, and the lives of those around them.

Application criteria:

1. The applicant must be willing to commit to a very challenging and demanding flight training experience that will be conducted over a four to five week period. Applicants must be able to schedule between 30-45 days for travel to, and instruction at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. The Able Flight Scholarship is designed to offer training for the Sport Pilot certificate. Recipients will be provided with a ground school training package which they must complete prior to their flight training. The exam for the ground school knowledge test will take place shortly after arrival for flight training.
2. Award recipients must agree to allow accounts of their flight training experience to be used in print and electronic media (this includes text, still and video images).
3. Applicants must be at least 17 years old at the beginning of training, and a United States citizen.
4. Scholarships are valid for training only at Able Flight selected and approved flight schools.
5. Scholarships include all in flight and ground training, transportation, lodging, and written and flight certification testing fees as required. Able Flight will make arrangements for transportation, lodging and testing as required.
6. Upon submission, applications will receive an initial review, with some applications selected for follow-up interviews. Awards will then be determined by the Able Flight Scholarship Review Committee.
7. Upon notification of award, recipient will be contacted by an Able Flight representative to schedule attendance at flight training. Training is conducted at several locations throughout the United States.
8. Scholarship recipients are notified of their selection by phone, with additional information provided via email. Recipients will be required to provide their Social Security # to the flight school prior to beginning training.
9. If an applicant provides false information on the application, it will void the scholarship.

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This application must be printed and mailed to:
Able Flight at SIU
Scholarship Application
545 North Airport Rd
Murphysboro, IL 62901