We are forever grateful for the men and women who have served our country, especially those who chose LIFT as a pathway after service. This month, we have guest post from one of our LIFT students who is currently away at training, Joshua Boria-Osorio. Learn about Joshua's path to aviation and what his time in the military has taught him.

Our students put in the hard work necessary to succeed both inside of the cockpit and outside of it. Dillon Sutherlin is one of those hard working students. Dillon has been participating in various 4-H activities since he was young. He has always loved working with animals and overcoming obstacles that come along with it. Dillon recently was awarded the Spirit of 4-H Award for his dedication and willingness to work with younger 4-Hers who wanted assistance. Learn more about his path through 4-H and how it helped prepared him for flight training at LIFT Academy. 

We know following your spirit of adventure might be restricted during COVID. Buy by taking proper precautions and with thorough planning, traveling throughout the U.S. is still possible and may satisfy your travel itch. Recently, our guest blogger, Jake, took a solo trip from Indiana to the West Coast and back, driving and documenting his trip. Jake Rose is the Academy Training Advisor at LIFT Academy. He is responsible for the development of retraining policies, flight operations orientation materials and early intervention for any abnormalities in student progress. Take a peek into Jake's trip and his thoughts along the way in our guest blog! 

LIFT Academy was created as an innovative approach to help solve the looming global pilot and technician shortage. We take that innovation into the way we’ve incorporated technology to attract and train our students. Our partner Dell Technologies recognizes that and featured LIFT and Republic Airways in a recent customer success story.

Republic Airways First Officer, Jessica Ortega shares her experience with traveling for fun as a pilot. She credits working for Republic Airlines for helping her travel all around the world. Learn more about her experiences and how you too could travel the world as a pilot!