1World Flight Club was formed in 2005 in part to provide an economical flight training and rental platform to 1World Aero, and in part to develop an aviation mentoring program for young adults with moderate financial means seeking to pursue aviation as a career.

1WFC is committed to bringing new faces from diverse backgrounds into aviation, and seeks to encourage and support those who have the desire, but for whom their aviation goals are just beyond reach.   Towards this end, 1WFC seeks various types of volunteers.  Such volunteers may not necessarily become dues paying pilots with flight reservation privileges, but may become sympathetic Administrative Members who participate solely in our outreach activities.  The following are examples of needed volunteers:

AVIATION PRESENTER:     The volunteer presents to targeted audiences and events regarding personal and professional opportunities in flying and any relevant perspectives the volunteer brings.  The Presenter answers the audiences questions and finally provides a quiz on their talk.  The Presenter serves as a bridge and 1WFC contact for the most motivated audience members.  Professional aviation backgrounds are a plus, but enthusiasm and comfort with presenting the material are most important.

DISCOVERY PILOT:    A volunteer pilot provides a short free flight to those candidates selected or identified by Presenters.  A Flight Instructor certificate is a plus as this allows the student to come on the controls, however, any pilot certificate is appreciated to simply give a young person the opportunity to get upstairs, observe, and get interested.

GROUND INSTRUCTOR:   Volunteers will prepare Mentorees who have completed Discovery flights for further training in our Flight Simulator Program.  Volunteers do not need to be Flight Instructors, however they should be comfortable explaining basic aviation concepts to a small audience.  This may require some brushing up on theory.  Topics to be covered are 1)  aerodynamics and aircraft controls,  2) engine systems and instrument systems, 3) navigation theory and chart usage, and 4) internet weather services use.   Ground Instructors will first pass basic training from our resident flight instructors.

FLIGHT SIMULATOR TRAINER:   After mentorees have completed our Ground School, volunteers meet with one or more mentoree as practical and appropriate or orient the individual to the resources and self training resources available through PC based flight simulators.  The volunteer will cover the following basic sylabus:  1) cockpit layout and functions of items in the cockpit,  2) how to operate the simulator, 3) takeoff, climbs, cruise, level turns, descents, 4)  steep turns, slow flight, power off and on stalls, 5) emergency procedures, 6) radio navigation and flight by reference to instruments, 7) Instrument approaches.  Instrument rated pilots are sought to provide item 7.  Simulator Trainer Volunteers will receive basic instructor training from our resident flight instructors.

Completion of our flight orientation program is designed to develop relationships between candidate mentorees and mentors that will allow the mentoree to begin training sooner, and to complete the training in less total time and with less resultant expense.

ANGEL FLIGHT PILOT - In addition to our mentoring program, Club members receive a further $5 per flight hour discount on aircraft rentals for Angel Flight operations.  These are non-emergency medical transportation flights organized through the Angel Flight network.  Flights are sponsored by volunteer pilots and provided to patients with limited financial resources.  An example of an Angel mission would be picking up a patient in a rural area and delivering that individual and an attendant for chemo therapy at a hospital 150 NM away. 

If any of these roles interest you, please do not hesitate to contact Terry at 240-481-4023.