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From a $20 Rice Festival Helicopter Ride to CFI

On this episode of Flight Tales, we sit down with newly-minted CFI Alex Foreman to talk about his unconventional path into aviation. Alex grew up in Crowley, Louisiana, took his very first helicopter ride at the Rice Festival, and still never imagined flying could be a real career. That changed years later after a simple conversation about discovery flights flipped a switch and sent him down the path to becoming a pilot.Alex shares how he dropped out of college, joined the National Guard as a 25H (IT and communications), and seriously considered a 10-year Guard contract to fly helicopters…

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