Purdue Pilots, Inc. - PPI

Everyone give a warm welcome to the 2026 Executive Officers! We are striving to make aviation accessible to Purdue’s students with discounted rental rates and opportunities for aviation related knowledge and community.

One of Purdue Pilots Inc.’s goals is to make the aviation community more accessible to students at Purdue University. We recently started group ground school training for students working toward their private pilot certification. Members of the club are able to attend group training sessions, free of charge, held every Tuesday evening for two hours. At the end of each session, members are able to ask questions to further their understanding and connect with the material on a deeper level.
We hope to see consistent turnout throughout the semester and in the semesters to come.

Next callout 02/03!!!

Tonight we voted on the new PPI executive board! 🥳Congratulations to:
Jonah Skarda as president,
Harsh Patel as Vice President,
James Clohessy as maintenance officer,
Claire Schwerd as treasurer,
Savannah McNeal as secretary,
Hunter Stoffel as Personal Relations.
We also wanted to give our thanks towards the departing executive members for their amazing work while apart of PPI. Thank you to Aaron Parihar and Connor McGuire (first picture) for your dedication to making PPI successful.

🤩 Mark the dates! Because we are going to have callouts soon!
✈️ Wondering about more affordable flying?
🤔 Want to meet more people in local flying communities?
😎 We’ve got your back! Come to our callouts and learn more!

📰 Checkout our latest newsletter! (Link in Bio)

“Since 1956, we have provided affordable aircraft rentals to Purdue University affiliates. Over 4,000 aviators have been a part of our history, including Neil Armstrong and Amelia Earhart.”

📣 Mark the dates! Because we are going to have callouts soon!
✈️ Want to learn more about affordable flight training?
😎 Want to make connection with local flying community?
🙌 We’ve got your back!

✈️ It’s yet another year of fun flying adventures with y’all! But here we are, landed at our last member meeting of the year!
🎉 First of all, congratulations and warm welcome to our 2024 Board Members! They are:
👨‍✈️President: Aaron Parihar (Second to the right)
👨‍✈️Vice President: Jonah Skarda (Middle)
👨‍🔧Maintenance Officer: James Clohessey (Rightmost)
📝Secretary: Savannah McNeal (Second to the left)
💡PR Officer: Hongbo Lu (Leftmost)
💰Treasurer: Connor McGuire (Not pictured)
🤩We also reviewed our achievements as a club and reviewed our performances during the past year! We hope everyone enjoyed flying and gathering with us!
🎓Last but not least, we congratulated our graduates, including Christos Levy, our Maintenance Officer of 2023 Term! We wish them all the best to their future endeavors!
🛫We are now officially cleared for takeoff for 2024! Thank you all for keeping us flying high! We hope to see many new and familiar faces next year!

back in 2019 when 33T aka Trinity soaring above the Chicago shoreline 👀
📸: Jon Paul Pepen

No background can beat 33T and blue skies..🥵
Congratulation to our former treasurer Noah and all class of 2023 graduates! You all made it! 🤩

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✈️ Again we are cleared to land at our last meeting at the end of the semester! And we have a lot going on!
🎉 First of all, congratulations and warm welcome to our newest officers! They are:
📢PR Officer: Alexis Haas (Second from the right)
📝Secretary: Savannah McNeal (Third from the right)
💰Treasurer: Max Kushner (Rightmost)
👏We also thanked our volunteers who came out and help us out at Purdue Aviation Day!
🎓Lastly, we wish our graduating officers a bright and prosperous future. Keep flying high! They are:
Faculty advisor: Denise Whitford (Second from the left)
President (2022): Benjamin Hug (Not pictured)
Treasurer (Spring 2023): Noah Martin (Fourth from the right)
Secretary (Spring 2023): Chiawei Hsu (Fifth from the right)