Epic in the News
Here you can scroll through the archives of Epic Flight Academy in the news. We have been in operation since 1999 and are always growing and expanding. You can also view archived media releases. Epic is proud of its achievements and those of our employees and students.
2022
- 08/09/2022 – Aviation Pros – First Class of Aircraft Mechanics Graduate from Epic Flight Academy as Part 147 School Receives M1 Visa Approval
- 08/08/2022 – AFM Aero – First Class of Aircraft Mechanics Graduate from Epic as Maintenance School Receives International Visa Approval
- 07/08/2022 – Volusia Hometown News – Flight school partners with Breeze Airways
- 07/07/2022 – Piedmont Airlines – Visiting Epic Flight Academy
- 06/27/2022 – AFM Aero – US Flight School Epic Flight Academy Announces New Partnership with Breeze Airways
- 06/09/2022 – AFM Aero – Epic Flight Academy Awards $20,000 Aircraft Mechanic Scholarship
- 06/02/2022 – Aviation International News – NGPA Doubles Aviation Scholarships
- 06/02/2022 – AFM Aero – Epic Flight Academy Presents $25,000 Scholarship for Aircraft Maintenance Training
- 06/01/2022 – Fort Bend Herald – NGPA Commences Pride Month by Giving Back: 2022 Scholarship Cycle Opens
- 05/27/2022 – Volusia Hometown News – Epic provides jobs pipeline to Republic Airways
- 05/22/2022 – Ocala Star Banner – Epic Flight Academy expands to Ocala
- 05/17/2022 – AFM Aero – Epic Flight Academy Announces Career Development Partnership with Airline
- 05/16/2022 – Ocala CEP on the Scene – What’s there to do in Ocala?
- 04/27/2022 – AFM Aero – Epic Flight Academy Opens Satellite Pilot Training Center
- 04/27/2022 – Ocala News – Epic Flight Academy opens satellite pilot training center in Ocala
- 04/27/2022 – Halldale Group – Epic Flight Academy Opens Satellite Pilot Training Center
- 04/14/2022 – CFBAA – Business Aviation Day
- 04/07/2022 – Governor Andy Beshear – Team Kentucky Update (Re: CVG Airport; 8:45 – 13:22)
- 04/05/2022 – AFM Aero – Leading US Flight School Announces Second Base in Florida
- 04/05/2022 – Centre for Aviation – Epic Flight Academy announces Ocala as new satellite location for Part 141 flight training programme
- 04/04/2022 – Aviation Pros – Epic Flight Academy Launches Ocala Satellite Location
- 04/01/2022 – Hometown News Volusia – Epic Flight Academy Announces Scholarships
- 03/31/2022 – Cincinnati Business Courier – Company plans $40 million expansion, adds 250 jobs at CVG
- 03/31/2022 – Aviation Week – Cargo Demand Drives FEAM Plans for Cincinnati Hangar with Epic
- 03/29/2022 – Muddy River News – Adjunct English professor at Quincy University co-edits textbook
- 03/25/2022 – Atlas Obscura – 25 Places Where Planes Are Right at Home on the Ground (see #6)
- 03/24/2022 – Aero News Network – Epic Has Signed a Deal with Polk State College
- 03/24/2022 – Hometown News Volusia – Epic Supports Atlantic High School TESA Academy
- 03/23/2022 – Aviation Pros – Epic Announces 7th Annual Aviation Scholarships
- 03/23/2022 – AFM Aero – Epic Flight Academy Announces 7th Annual Aviation Scholarships
- 03/18/2022 – Senior Executive – Inside United Airlines’ Job Training Program Designed to Combat a Pilot Shortage
- 03/17/2022 – AFM Aero – US Pilot and Aircraft Maintenance Academy Supports High School with $20,000 Scholarship Funds
- 03/15/2022 – Aero Crew News – Epic Flight Academy Signs Articulation Agreement with Polk State College
- 03/14/2022 – Women in Aviation International – WAI 2022 Scholarship Winners
- 03/11/2022 – Aviation Pros – Epic Signs Articulation Agreement with Polk State College: A&Ps to Receive College Credit
- 03/04/2022 – AFM Aero – Epic Flight Academy and Polk State College Agreement
- 02/25/2022 – Hometown News Volusia – Flight Academy Awards $25,000 Scholarship
- 02/23/2022 – Quincy University – QU Adjunct English Professor Co-Edits Textbook
- 02/09/2022 – Newsbreak – FEAM, Epic Flight Academy Partner
- 02/09/2022 – Aviation Week – FEAM, Epic Flight Academy Partner on MRO Workforce Program
- 02/08/2022 – AFM Aero – Epic Flight Academy Receives New Cessna Skyhawk 172S
- 02/04/2022 – Hometown News Volusia – Epic and FEAM Announce Partnership
- 02/04/2022 – AFM Aero – FEAM Maintenance Partners with Epic Flight Academy’s Aircraft Mechanic Program
- 02/01/2022 – Women in Aviation International – 2022 Aircraft Mechanic Scholarship Winner
- 01/26/2022 – Aviation Week – Epic Flight Academy and FEAM Maintenance/Engineering
- 01/20/2022 – Hometown News Volusia – Epic Partners with United Airlines
- 01/18/2022 – Centre for Aviation – United Airlines Partners with Epic Flight Academy to Offer Aviate Program
- 01/18/2022 – Aviation Week – Epic Flight Academy partnered with United Airlines
- 01/17/2022 – Yahoo! Finance – Epic Flight Academy Announces with United Airlines
- 01/17/2022 – Halldale Group – Epic Flight Academy Joins Forces with United Airlines
- 01/14/2022 – AFM Aero – Epic Flight Academy Partners with One of the Main Airlines in the US
- 01/14/2022 – Aviation Pros – Epic Announces Partnership with United Airlines
2021
- 12/11/2021 – National Association of Flight Instructors – Epic Grad Tzu-Cheng Kuo Earns NAFI Master Instructor Accreditation
- 12/09/2021 – Hometown News Volusia – Annual Aviation Scholarship Recipients
- 12/01/2021 – Winneconne News – Winneconne High School Student Receives $20,000 to Train as Aircraft Mechanic
- 11/08/2021 – Aviation Pros – Epic Flight Academy Announces 6th Annual Aviation Scholarship Winners
- 11/01/2021 – AOPA – Industry offers scholarships: OBAP/aircraft mechanic at Epic
- 10/29/2021 – AFM Aero – Epic Flight Academy Sponsors New Aviation Book – 101 Trailblazing Women of Air and Space: Aviators and Astronauts
- 10/28/2021 – Hometown News Volusia – Trailblazing Women of Air and Space
- 10/21/2021 – Ormond Beach Observer – On the wings of success: Ormond Beach pilot is still living her dream
- 08/13/2021 – Aviation Week – Launching a Part 147 School During a Pandemic (PDF version)
- 07/01/2021 – National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) – Scholarship Opportunities
- 06/23/2021 – AOPA – Epic, Frasca team up for primary flight training
- 06/18/2021 – Flying Magazine – Epic Flight Academy Adds Frasca Motion Sim, Reduces Training Time
- 06/14/2021 – Skies Mag – Epic Flight Academy uses Frasca motion sim for faster pilot training
- 06/17/2021 – Hometown News Volusia – State grant money funds upgrades to New Smyrna Beach Airport
- 06/01/2021 – Women in Aviation International – 2021 Aircraft Mechanic Scholarship Winner
- 05/30/2021 – Latino Pilots Association – 2021 LPA Scholarship Award
- 05/06/2021 – University of South Florida – Epic Director of Education Wins Teaching Award
- 04/15/2021 – General Aviation News – Epic Flight Academy offers $65,000 in aviation scholarships
- 04/13/2021 – Global Air – Epic Opens Annual Aviation Scholarships
- 04/12/2021 – Aviation Pros – Epic Flight Academy Announces $65,000 in Scholarships
- 03/27/2021 – Daytona Beach News-Journal – Moving Ahead: New hires, promotions, professional achievements in Volusia, Flagler
- 03/24/2021 – Halldale Group – First Airline Direct Students Fly Starting in April
- 03/19/2021 – Hometown News Volusia – Flight academy gets airline partnership
- 03/12/2021 – Daytona Beach News-Journal – Epic COO Josh Rawlins ’40 Under Forty’ Honoree
- 03/11/2021 – Women in Aviation International – WAI 2021 Scholarship Winners
- 03/09/2021 – Aviation Pros – Epic Flight Academy Establishes Airline Direct Program in Partnership with Southern Airways Express
- 03/05/2021 – AOPA – New Skyhawks augment Epic Flight Academy’s training fleet
- 03/01/2021 – Aviation Pros – Epic Takes Delivery of Three New Cessnas
- 02/02/2021 – National Business Aviation Association – Black History Month: Perseverance Pays Off for Charter Pilot
- 02/01/2021 – Aero Crew News – Featured Article: Epic Flight Academy
2020
- 12/16/2020 – Daytona Beach News-Journal – Taking Flight: NSB school offers state-of-the-art simulator
- 12/09/2020 – Daytona Beach News-Journal – Students train on state-of-the-art simulator at Epic Flight Academy in New Smyrna Beach
- 12/09/2020 – Daytona Beach News-Journal – A student trains on a new Cessna simulator at Epic
- 12/04/2020 – AOPA – Epic Flight Academy on the move
- 11/24/2020 – FRASCA – Epic Flight Academy Q&A
- 11/19/2020 – Hometown News Volusia – Epic Fishing Tourney Winners Named
- 10/31/2020 – Aero Crew News – Epic Flight Academy Opens New Aircraft Maintenance Technician School
- 10/29/2020 – Hometown News Volusia – Flight school awards high school students
- 10/21/2020 – Aviation Pros – Epic Announces 5th Annual Scholarship Winners
- 10/02/2020 – Hometown News Volusia – Flight school first with high-fidelity simulator
- 10/02/2020 – Spectrum Sports 360 – Taking Flight: Ieshia Small’s Offseason Training
- 09/23/2020 – Centre for Aviation – Epic Flight Academy takes delivery of Frasca AATD training device
- 09/22/2020 – News Break – Flight School First to Add High Fidelity Motion Simulator
- 09/20/2020 – AVWeb – Flight School First to Add High Fidelity Motion Simulator
- 08/27/2020 – CAT: The Journal for Civil Aviation Training – Stalled, But Not Stopped
- 08/24/2020 – White House: Pledge to America’s Workers
- 08/21/2020 – Hometown News Volusia – Business Briefs: Epic Flight Academy expands fleet
- 08/20/2020 – Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center (FLVEC) – Danny Perna Profile
- 08/11/2020 – Aviation Week – Epic Flight Academy
- 08/10/2020 – Aviation Pros – Epic Expands Fleet with 2 New Cessnas and Signs 6 New Partnership Agreements
- 08/10/2020 – Centre for Aviation – Epic Flight Academy receives two Cessna 172s, signs agreement with six potential employers
- 07/21/2020 – This Is Laramie – Miss Laramie Jubilee 2020, Taking to the Sky in Flight School (features Epic student Lainie McElwee)
- 06/28/2020 – Vanguard – Big Brother Naija: How past winners are faring (features Epic student Miracle Ikechukwu Igbokwe, 2018 winner of Big Brother Naija)
- 05/01/2020 – AOPA – Florida school offers $100k in aircraft mechanic scholarships
- 04/03/2020 – Flying Magazine – How to Become a Professional Pilot
2019
- 10/31/2019 – Hometown News Volusia – Flight school awards scholarships
- 10/03/2019 – Khmer Times – Reachta’s dream takes off for Cambodian skies1 (Epic graduate youngest to fly the Airbus A320 in Cambodia)
- 10/03/2019 – Daytona Beach News-Journal – Mark Twain was here — boyhood signature found by Edgewater Twain expert (Epic employee discovered 166-year-old signature of Sam Clemens))
- 09/24/2019 – WGEM – Mark Twain Cave announces discovery of long-sought Clemens signature (Epic employee story)
- 09/02/2019 – Opinion.com.bo – “Vine a buscar mi sueño de volar aviones y lo conseguí” (“I came to look for my dream of flying airplanes and I got it” – Epic student Rodrigo Luizaga)
- 07/18/2019 – Hometown News Volusia – Flight school now offering aviation mechanics course
- 07/11/2019 – Public Opinion Online – Chambersburg grad Orr earns prestigious NCAA nomination
- 07/02/2019 – Embry-Riddle – Keating, Orr Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award
- 06/26/2019 – PM News Nigeria –Ikechukwu BBN star becomes instrument rated pilot
- 03/20/2019 – Loop Trinidad & Tobago News – T&T national makes history as first female captain for Caicos Express
- 01/03/2019 – Nigerian Bulletin – BBNaija’s Miracle Enrolls in Epic Flight Academy – Nairaland
- 01/03/2019 – Legit NG – BBNaija 2018 Winner Miracle Enrolls in Aviation Academy in Florida
2018
- 11/14/2018 – AOPA Pilot – The Hiring Boom Heard ‘Round the World
- 10/18/2018 – Hometown News Volusia – Flight School and DSC Offer Degree Opportunity
- 10/08/2018 – Daytona State College – DSC Collaborates with Epic Flight Academy
- 05/07/2018 – Abilene Recorder Chronicle – Scholarship winner wants to be a commercial pilot
- 03/07/2018 – KPRC Houston – Flight School Addresses Pilot Shortage
- 02/21/2018 – WKMG News 6 – Local Flight School Addresses Pilot Shortage
- 02/12/2018 – Manila Bulletin – Airlines, flight school lure pilots with free training
- 02/09/2018 – Reuters – Airlines, flight schools try to lure pilots with cheaper – or free- training
- 01/30/2018 – Business Wire – Ameriflight and Epic Flight Academy Sign Cadet Pathway Program
2017
- 08/21/2017 – Huffington Post – Pilot Shortage Will Ground Affordable Flights
2016
- 12/19/2016 – La Tribune de Diego – Portrait: Belindo Rabenandrasana, the Pilot Dancer
- 10/10/2016 – Daytona Beach News-Journal – Epic Flight Academy to Offer $20K Scholarship
- 08/02/2016 – Flying – It’s Not The Same Old Pilot Marketplace
- 04/08/2016 – General Aviation News – Epic Flight Academy launches program to offset pilot shortage
- 04/06/2016 – Aviation Week – Cessna Delivers New Skyhawk to Epic Flight Academy
- 04/05/2016 – Textron Aviation – Cessna delivers first new Skyhawk under multi-year agreement with Epic Flight Academy
2015
- 07/28/2015 – Aviation Week – Epic Flight Academy Adds Training Capability
- 07/26/2015 – Champaign/Urbana News Gazette – It’s Your Business
- 07/20/2015 – FRASCA – Epic Flight Academy Takes Delivery of FRASCA FTDs
- 06/15/2015 – Zing – The pilot training session of Vietnamese students in the US
2013
- 07/16/2013 – Aero News – Entrepreneurs Work To Turn DC-7 Into An Airport Restaurant
2012
- 09/18/2012 – Shipping Wars – Wings, A Prayer, and a Know-It-All