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Today I have with me a listener who took a leap of faith to pursue his dream. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. One of my favorite aspects of this podcast is sharing your success stories which help inspire your fellow listeners. The story of Clay Whatley moving towards his career goal one step at time is inspirational and an example of how you can overcome challenges in your life if you make a plan and execute the plan, and be open to making changes in your course.
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A Leap Of Faith To Pursue His Dream – Clay Whatley:
Before I introduce our guest let me read an email he sent into the show as a follow up on November 21, 2016.
Hello Carl and Co-hosts!
It was a little over a year ago that I wrote into your show looking for some advice on choosing a flight school that was right for me. You graciously answered my questions on a podcast shortly after.
Using some of the tips and info you and your co-hosts provided me I narrowed my search to a few schools. As fate would have it, my wife and I decided to relocate to Florida for me to attend Polk State College, as it was the best fit of my short list of schools. We saved up for the move and the start of training and made a leap of faith into the sunshine state! I am now a 28 year old going back to college for the third time! I started my Private Pilot Lessons in August and now have just over 23 hours! In fact, I completed my first two solo flights this week! Learning to fly has been an amazing experience so far and I always look forward to the next time I can go flying again! I don’t write in to brag; instead I hope to provide inspiration to others who may be where I was just over a year ago, trying to figure out how and where to start.
From the time I wrote in over a year ago to today, I am always trying to do something to take the next step into starting an aviation career: Listening to your podcast and Stuck Mic Avcast, watching YouTube videos, and reading blogs and articles as much as I can. I’ll admit that it took some time for my small steps to get some traction, but now the progress is real and it is all flying by (pun intended)! I continue to listen to your podcast and recommend it to anyone I can. Thank you again to all you do for those of us just starting, or trying to start anew with an aviation career.
Clay Whatley has over 500 hours and is well on his way to pursuing his career goal. Welcome to the show Clay.
Talking Points:
- His journey to the cockpit.
- How important it is to include your family in your plan.
- Planning for the financial impact of flight training.
- Advice for those looking to make the leap.
- The changes he has made along his career path.
- What is next.
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Best Value Schools ranks Polk State Aerospace No. 2 in the country
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