Civil Air Patrol's Advanced Flight Training Academy

07/21/2023

6/6 private pilot check rides complete! Congrats Haddie!

07/20/2023

Congratulations to Corey on getting your private pilot checkride done!

07/20/2023

Student pilot no more! Congrats Nick!

07/20/2023

Congrats to Tigerlily on passing your checkride!

07/19/2023

Congrats James on finishing your Private Pilot Certificate yesterday evening!

07/18/2023

We've been back at Columbus for the last few weeks training again, and our first student of the year just passed their Private Pilot Checkride! Congrats TJ!

10/25/2022

NOW is the time to apply for CadetInvest—if you’re a current cadet interested in pursuing a career in aviation, scholarships are available at every level to help you pursue your dreams.

If you’re interested in continuing your training towards your private pilot certificate, and participating in AFTA, specifically, go to CadetInvest and apply for CadetWings.

We get a lot of questions every summer about “how to apply” for AFTA, and here’s the long and short of it— you must apply and be selected to Cadet Wings! All AFTA students are pulled from those selected for Cadet Wings; there is no other way to get in. So if you want in, go apply now.

For more info on CadetInvest and the many opportunities that are out there for our cadets, check out this link: https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/cadets/cadetinvest

CadetInvest offers various types of financial assistance opportunities to cadets. Cadets apply in eServices using a single application to be considered for any CadetInvest programs, including Cadet Wings, Lift/TOP, and Scholarships. CadetInvest connects cadets, their aspirations and funding partne.....

07/30/2022

And we are DONE! Our last two students passed their flights this morning, and have earned their private pilot certificates! Thanks to all of the instructors and staff who came out for either part or all of the last 30 days to make this happen, and to the incredible support teams here at Columbus Municipal Airport who kept us flying!

07/30/2022

29 days down, and 1 to go! It's been a busy week so far--after weather kept us on the ground for much of the week, our students are knocking out their practical tests! Congrats to Rachel, Estelle, and Oliver on your new certificates! One more day of work, graduation dinner, and a wakeup, and we're all headed home!

07/27/2022

Obligatory Maggie post. She's kept us sane for 28 days, and we only have 3 more to go.

07/26/2022

NEW PILOT ALERT! Cadet Captain Gabriella Pfang of Civil Air Patrol's Texas Wing has passed her checkride and is officially a Private Pilot!

Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol Columbus Indiana