Accessible flight training at Purdue

A flight training program for disabled people to become Able Flight Pilots.

Accessible flight training at Purdue provides flight training to pilots with a disability. Each summer a group of individuals come to Purdue University and learn how to fly an aircraft. Accessible flight training at Purdue is located at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

07/29/2018

One of our new pilots!

06/16/2018

Asher and Andrew, you are on the news! Keep up the good work! Just few more weeks until he and other students earn a pilot certificate!

05/18/2018

Purdue Able Flight program features Paralympian, hopeful astronaut - Purdue University A silver medalist from the Rio Paralympics and an aspiring astronaut are just two of the people selected to take part in this year’s Able Flight program at Purdue.

03/08/2018

Congratulations!

Program Gives People With Disabilities Rare Chance To Pilot Planes

09/16/2017

Two Purdue University aviation students and a professor talk about Able Flight program at Purdue!

Program Gives People With Disabilities Rare Chance To Pilot Planes The program is called Able Flight, and it's the only place in the state where people with disabilities can learn how to fly.

09/15/2017

Apply if you want to be a pilot!

2018 Flight training full-ride scholarships for people with disabilities-applications accepted until 12-31.

Who should apply? People who will be dedicated to the hard work it takes to complete Able Flight's intensive training program. Student pilots train seven days a week for 6-7 weeks, and training begins in mid-May of each year. For more information, visit www.ableflight.org