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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If your palms get sweaty when the seatbelt sign dings, you’re in good company. A fear of flying is one of the most common fears there is, and it makes sense. Flying asks you to trust a machine, a crew you’ve never met, and a sky you can’t see the edges of. At DreamFlight Charities,
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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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Every fall, sixth through eighth graders across Frankfort open their inbox to find something most kids never get: a card that says yes. The Yes Card, issued by the Franklin County Health Department’s Just Say Yes KY coalition, is a digital gift card loaded with funding for youth enrichment activities — and this year, one
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Earning a pilot certificate is one of the biggest investments a young person can make in themselves — and one of the most rewarding. It’s also a real number on a real budget, which is why the students who make the fastest progress usually aren’t the ones with the most money. They’re the ones with
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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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You’ve signed up. Maybe you’ve always wondered what it feels like to leave the ground behind and see your world from above. Maybe someone told you aviation could be your future, and you weren’t sure whether to believe them. Maybe you just wanted to try something completely new. Whatever brought you here, we’re glad you’re
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