Scholarship
- Recent Winners
 Thanks to a generation contribution from chapter member Cheryl Stearns, the Kitty Hawk Chapter awarded $10,000 in scholarships in 2008.
Cheryl (right) with several of our 2008 scholarship winners.
Three previous recipients of the Kitty
Hawk Scholarship are Brook Heyel,
Cheri Longobardo, and Krystle Tew.
 Brook
faced numerous obstacles in her quest
to become a licensed pilot. Working
full-time, attending night school,
dealing with financial problems, and changing flight instructors
– all conspired to keep her
grounded. But Brook persevered and,
with the help of her $1000 scholarship,
became a Private Pilot on December
9, 2006!
 Cheri
used her scholarship to obtain her
Airline Transport Pilot (Airplane
Single-Engine Seaplane) license in
order to fly in Indonesia for Samaritan’s
Purse, a non-profit humanitarian relief
agency. Prior to this flying assignment,
Cheri flew for Air Serv International
as a bush pilot in Democratic Republic
of the Congo, carrying humanitarian
aid workers and their supplies into
remote areas of the war-torn nation.
 Krystle
used her $1000 scholarship to earn
her Commercial Pilot (Single-Engine
Airplane) license. She then followed
that by getting her Commercial Pilots
(Multi-Engine) license. A full-time
student at UNC-Chapel Hill, Krystle
is majoring in Exercise and Sport
Science. After graduation, she plans
to get her flight instructor’s
license and work towards landing a
job as an airline pilot.
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