What is going on Avination?! Welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast episode number 63 featuring, Natalie Kelley. Natalie is the founder of FlyGIRL. FlyGIRL is a foundation and company started with a simple goal, get more women into aviation.
In this episode, Natalie and I talk about
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How Natalie always wanted to be a pilot.
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Why Natalie wanted to become a pilot
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How Natalie's uncle helped Natalie realize her love for aviation.
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How Natalie went from stay at home mom to fly girl.
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What it is like to get back into a school environment.
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Why Natalie almost quit flying
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How the aviation bug hit her hard.
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How not being able to find cute clothes led Natalie to start Fly Girl.
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How Natalie and I both didn’t have a set plan when we were starting our respected companies.
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How she was able to raise over $16,000 for her first Fly Girl fundraiser.
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How every lesson you complete gives you the confidence to tackle the next lesson.
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Natalie talks about why she bought an airplane to help her build her time.
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We talk about the benefits of owning your own airplane.
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We also talk about some cons of owning your own airplane.
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Natalie talks about how difficult her Instrument training was.
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Natalie talks about how and when her IFR training clicked.
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How I got cut off by the Chick-Fil-A private jet.
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Why Natalie left Ohio to get her multi-engine rating in Florida.
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How do we get more women in aviation?
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We talk anything and everything FlyGIRL.
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How to win a Fly Girl scholarship?
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Happy Flying,
Justin