Adventurous Private Pilot Will Put $2,500 Award Toward Instrument Rating
Cory Gordon had two dreams while growing up in Virginia - to live in Alaska and to become a pilot. After graduating from high school, she said goodbye to her family and moved to Alaska. While Gordon had an interest in flying airplanes from a young age, it was experiencing general aviation as a way of life in Alaska that inspired her to take a discovery flight in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
Gordon would go on to earn her Private pilot certificate in Anchorage. Now Gordon, a current resident of Phoenix, Arizona, is the recipient of Sporty s latest $2,500 flying scholarship awarded through her membership in Sporty s Flight Crew program. Learning to fly was the most arduous undertaking of my life yet my proudest accomplishment, remarked Gordon. I look forward to using this scholarship award toward my next goal of earning an Instrument Rating.