When someone gives to DreamFlight Charities, one of the first questions we hear is a great one: “Where does my money actually go?” The short answer is: into the air. Learning to fly is one of the most rewarding things a young person can do, and it’s also expensive. Every hour in the cockpit means
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Flight training scholarships remove the financial barrier to aviation, helping students from Louisville to Richmond take their first steps toward the cockpit. FRANKFORT, Ky. – DreamFlight Charities, a Kentucky-based nonprofit dedicated to making aviation accessible to students across the Commonwealth, recently announced the latest recipients of its flight training scholarships. Seven students – representing five
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Last Saturday’s OpenSkies Open House introduced a lot of Frankfort-area families to the club for the first time — and since then, one question has landed in our inbox more than any other: “Okay, so what do you actually get for $150 a year?” Fair question. Here’s the full breakdown, plus a first look at
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New school year, new altitude. As families across Kentucky settle back into the classroom routine, DreamFlight Charities is opening fall enrollment across our full lineup of aviation programming. Whether your student has never set foot on a flight line or is already logging hours toward a pilot’s license, there’s a real next step for them
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DreamFlight Charities is encouraging students and families to join them to preflight a real aircraft, sit at the controls of their mobile flight simulators, and learn what it actually takes to become a pilot – all before many of them are even old enough to drive. That’s exactly what’s waiting at DreamFlight Charities’ OpenSkies Flight
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If you’ve signed up for a DreamFlight Discovery Event, you already know that you’re likely to take to the skies in an Aeroprakt A-32. But you might be wondering: what exactly is an Aeroprakt? Where does it come from? Why do we fly it? The answer to those questions start in Kyiv, Ukraine, and ends
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DreamFlight Charities is excited to announce the development of the Spirit of Kentucky Air Race – a unique event that celebrates the longstanding heritage of aviation across the Commonwealth in addition to the craftmanship of its world-renowned distilleries. This aerial event will challenge pilots as they navigate a scenic course across the Bluegrass, flying over
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In aviation, few skills are as critical – or as quietly powerful – as situational awareness. It’s not a single instrument on the panel or checklist item you can simply complete. Instead, it’s a mindset: the continuous ability to perceive what’s happening around you, understanding what it means, and anticipating what might happen next. For
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There are moments in history when humanity stops asking “Can we?” and begins asking “How far?” A visit to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center – along with its sister location, the National Air and Space Museum – captures that shift perfectly. Here, aviation doesn’t just climb into the sky – it breaks free of it
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A visit to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is more than a walk through aviation history – it’s a journey into the moments that reshaped what humanity believed was possible. For our team at DreamFlight Charities, one section stood out in a unique way: the aircraft born from the pressures and possibilities of the Cold
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