TigerFlight Programs

TigerFlight's core theme—"You are the Pilot in Command of Your Own Life"—frames personal growth as a flight journey, where participants learn to prepare, create "high-definition destinations" to set goals, navigate challenges, make and enact confident decisions, and review their performance.

This aviation analogy makes complex life lessons easily understandable and permanently memorable, drawing from principles like pre-flight planning (goal setting and preparation), in-flight adjustments (adaptability and overcoming obstacles), and safe landings (reflection, review, and improvement).

The "Pilot in Command" program is taught not only to groups of kids at TigerFlight facilities, but also at schools and civic organizations.

"Pilot in Command" teachings were also used to create the award-winning children's book "Jake and the TigerFlight", where a youth in need of direction finds success in life from learning and applying the "Pilot in Command of Your Own Life" lessons.

This inspirational, high-energy, and instructive presentation, by a uniformed TigerFlight pilot, will energize any program!

Book a Presentation

A TigerFlight pilot can inspire your students, scouts, or organization to become Pilots in Command of their own lives.

TigerFlight's free, nearly year-long Aviation Academy offers older youth ages 14-18 — many of which started out as TigerFlight Ground Crew — a deeper level of aviation-related instruction, including:

• Instrumentation
• Theory and science of flight
• Flight controls and surfaces
• Weather impact on aviation
• Basic airframe and powerplant (A&P) maintenance and repair instruction
• Airport operations

Taught by TigerFlight's certified flight instructors in conjunction with local trade schools' aviation programs, it provides direct exposure to job functions and potential career paths within the industry. Students that show leadership potential and mastery of the material are invited back to help teach and mentor future classes.

TigerFlight Ground Crew is a uniformed group of trained youth ages 12-18. Through regular meetings, GC members are taught to serve as TigerFlight ambassadors during flight operations and events.

From greeting visitors to teaching others about the aircraft, hangar, and airport operations to helping ensure the safety of visitors and crew by marshaling aircraft at the events, Ground Crew members are at the forefront of learning within TigerFlight. It's an important job!

GC members learn valuable lessons about preparation, engaging with others, communication, clear and effective instruction, public speaking, responsibility, teamwork, and accountability. They even learn basic aircraft maintenance and cleaning skills, which teach valuable lessons about the vital importance of seemingly unimportant details.

Structure: Aviation Merit Badge — Academics and a 30-minute flight

$60 Donation/Scout appreciated (parent flights also available)

About 15–20 Scouts; smaller troops can pair up.

Sample Day Schedule