$2500 Scholarship for any Fixed-Wing Rating
Open to ages 15-25
US citizen or permanent resident
Must have a current FAA medical or eligible to hold one.
To apply, post a video of yourself to social media describing what inspired you to be a pilot, what rating you’re applying for and how you’d use this scholarship to reach your aviation goals!
Videos must include #MakeAPilot in the content.
You must also fill out the form linked to the “Any Rating Scholarship Application“ button.
Scholarship funds will be paid directly to the flight school in two $1250 payments and recipients will have one year to use funds or the balance will be returned to Make-A-Pilot.
Application Videos posted on Instagram Stories are not valid as they expire in 24 hours, Snapchat videos and other private social media platforms our team isn’t able to access are not allowed.
This Scholarship is not valid for ATP certificate.
We encourage scholarship winners to post videos of their training and other exciting flying videos along the way!
All video content can be used by Make-A-Pilot for future promotions.
$5000 Private Pilot Scholarships
Between the ages of 15-25
US citizen or permanent resident
Must read, write and speak English to FAA standards
Must be able to pass FAA medical
To apply, post a video of yourself to social media describing what inspired you to be a Pilot and why you want to fly! Videos must include #makeapilot in the content. You must also fill out the form linked to the “Private Pilot Scholarship!” button
Important note: please do not post your application video exclusively to Instagram stories as they expire in 24 hours and your video may not be seen.
Scholarship fund will be paid directly to the flight school and recipients will have one year to use funds or the balance will be returned to Make-A-Pilot
We encourage scholarship winners to post videos of their solo flight and other exciting flying videos along the way!
All video content posted can be used by Make-A-Pilot for future promotions.