RFA Blog

Our new scholarship students bring fresh perspectives, passion, and potential to our dynamic family. Join us in celebrating their journey as they embark on a path of discovery, learning, and growth. The Red Tails community is thrilled to welcome these bright minds, fostering a supportive environment where dreams take flight. Together, we soar towards a future filled with education, empowerment, and endless possibilities.

The 1912 Etrich Taube replica shown here was built with such attention to detail, such compulsive workmanship and homage to the original that one could certainly borrow the flip phrase, "It ain't your grandfather's Taube" to describe it.

Redtail Flight Academy gives the occasional academic assignments as well as flight training. Here our students each give us a history lesson by writing about one of the Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen who inspired them. Cecil Peterson by Jasmine Frederick

Redtail Flight Academy gives the occasional academic assignments as well as flight training. Here our students each give us a history lesson by writing about one of the Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen who inspired them. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. by Traye Jackson

Redtail Flight Academy gives the occasional academic assignments as well as flight training. Here our students each give us a history lesson by writing about one of the Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen who inspired them. Lt. Col. Enoch Woodhouse by Calvin Frederick

Redtail Flight Academy gives the occasional academic assignments as well as flight training. Here our students each give us a history lesson by writing about one of the Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen who inspired them. Henry E. Rohlsen by Anthony Gilbert

Redtail Flight Academy gives the occasional academic assignments as well as flight training. Here our students each give us a history lesson by writing about one of the Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen who inspired them. Chappie James by Jarious Gordon

RedTail Flight Academy launches a new certified flight instructor, and American Express hires her as an intern: Mya Coley scores a new job in an outstanding northeast-based flight department. See how she did it and what it means for her career, as she takes her training and mentorship to a new level.

It wouldn't have been possible without our sponsors, but the Redtail Flight Academy is flying two of the most modern, most economical, most productive trainers in the air. The Flight Academy's new Piper 100i three-seaters come from a long line of Cherokee trainers, but they differ from them in several important ways.