CADET PILOTS: FLYING SOLO

Since the purchase of the Academy’s first plane in 1985, the Aviation Program has helped R-MA cadets make their dreams of flight a reality - and this spring, several R-MA cadets earned their wings! After completing his first solo flight on his 16th birthday in May of 2023, Cole Sauvager ‘25 successfully passed both an oral exam and checkride to earn his private pilot’s license in May of this year, just a few days after his 17th birthday! Two R-MA cadets also completed solo flights this spring: Yunmeng Cui ‘24 (the first female international student to do so since 2016) and Grant Goncharuk ‘26.