On this episode, host Rosa Hart sits down with Ebony Bartee, co-owner and Senior VP of Equus Flight Academy, and one of fewer than 12 Black women in the U.S. to ever own a Part 141 flight school. Ebony shares how she "tripped into a Cessna" with zero aviation background and now leads a multi-location flight training company spanning Kentucky, Indiana, Oregon, New Hampshire, and Florida.

But this episode is about much more than planes. Ebony is described as a "pipeline builder" on a mission to bring awareness, accessibility, and affordability to the aviation industry, starting as early as kindergarten.

From co-founding an Aerospace Engineering CTE program at W.E.B. Du Bois Academy to drone certifications, discovery flights, and dual credit high school programs, she's opening doors to 200+ aviation career paths that most people never knew existed.

In this episode:

• What Part 141 vs Part 61 flight schools actually mean
• How students can earn a pilot's license before their driver's license
• Why drone piloting is a near six-figure career at age 17
• Scholarships nobody is applying for — and why you should
• The full spectrum of aviation careers (nurses, lawyers, engineers, IT, and more)
• How Jefferson County EMS is using drones in emergency response

Connect with Ebony on LinkedIN🌐 Equus Flight Academy — equusflightacademy.com 📱 Instagram: @Equus.FlightAcademy

To learn more about college scholarships in aviation:

https://www.aviationstart.org/

https://aopa.org/

https://www.eaa.org/eaa/learn-to-fly/scholarships

https://nbaa.org/professional-development/scholarships/

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