By: Shawn Staerker Imagine walking into your first week of college, still figuring out where the dining hall is, and already signing up to compete against flight teams from across the country. That’s exactly what Jackson Kaspar did at California Aeronautical University (CAU) — and he hasn’t looked back since. Jackson, now a newly minted
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By: Shawn Staerker What if the coolest career in aviation started with three guys, a handful of radios, and one tiny corner of a hangar? That’s exactly how Sarasota Avionics got its start — and today, it’s one of the most recognized names in general aviation, sponsoring hangars at Sun ‘n Fun, running multiple locations
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🎧 Episode Summary From a tiny corner of a Venice hangar to multiple locations across Florida, Sarasota Avionics has built something special in the aviation world. In this episode, we sit down with Zach Fryar and Mat Davis, two key team members who share the incredible journey of how three guys fixing radios grew into
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🎧 Episode Summary What if aerospace students could take their classroom equations and turn them into real, flyable aircraft designs—without ever cutting balsa wood or stepping into a wind tunnel? In this episode of The Future in Flight Podcast, host Shawn Staerker sits down with Amir Kosh and Gordon McClymont to explore ST Engineering Antycip’s
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🎧 Episode Summary What if aerospace engineering students didn’t just design aircraft on paper—but actually watched real test pilots fly their creations? In this episode of The Future in Flight Podcast, host Shawn Staerker takes you inside IT FLIES, an innovative international design-build-fly competition where students bring their aircraft concepts to life in high-fidelity simulators
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A Story About Second Chances and 90% Success Rates Here’s a stat that’ll blow your mind: at most flight schools, only about 2-3% of students who start training actually finish. Yeah, you read that right. Out of 130 students who walk through the door full of dreams, maybe three will earn their wings. Now flip
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🎧 Summary: In this episode of the Future in Flight podcast, host Shawn Staerker welcomes Robbie Sturdivant and Yuri Milner from Riverside Flight Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to discuss their unique approach to flight training and the success stories that have emerged over their 25 years in business. They delve into the advantages of training
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🎧 Episode Summary In this episode of the Future in Flight podcast, host Shawn Starker interviews J.J. Madison, a Harvard-educated writer, safety advocate, and author of “Yikes! 100 Smart Pilots and the Dumb Things They Did.” J.J. shares his circuitous path to aviation, which began with a childhood fascination with helicopters and eventually led him
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