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.
2021
- 09/07/2021 – Aviation Pros – Epic Flight Academy Launches ‘Epic Anywhere’ Flight Training Delivered to Your Door
- 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 – Aircraft Mechanic Scholarship Winner
- 05/30/2021 – Lation 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 – Hallsdale 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 – 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
- 04/05/2016 – Textron Aviation – Cessna delivers first new Skyhawk under multi-year agreement with Epic Flight Academy
2015
- 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