Once you lift off from the pilot’s seat to 12,000 feet above the ground, with expansive peaks stretching in all directions as you soar over Independence Pass, it can be hard not to crave that aerial euphoria again.

Aspen Flight Academy flight instructor Nolan Walters described that as the flying bug — and that’s what the academy is trying to give to students by offering the Every Student Flies Program. The program gives all students at Aspen High School the opportunity to take a free, one-hour introductory flight course.

Read on at: https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-flight-academy-aims-to-infect-every-kid-with-the-flying-bug/