High Flight Academy News & Insights

September 1929 - The stock market crashed, the Cubs win the National League Pennant, and KBTP was officially dedicated Pittsburgh Butler Airport.

Our plane maintenance team was very busy these past couple of months. The upgrades to the Cessnas are a great success.

At High Flight Academy the term “Checkride” gives you butterflies in your belly, makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck and simply put; makes everyone excited and nervous.

Like most people my age, I was not sure what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Deciding something of that magnitude is a challenging task to present to anyone right out of high school.

A twenty dollar helicopter ride was all it took for me to completely change my career goals, but like me you may experience adversity in pilot training.