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Lightspeed Partners To Help Jump-start Pilot Growth
By: Chad Trautvetter
Caption: A partnership with AOPA will further accelerate growth initiatives under the association’s “You Can Fly” program. 
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Aircraft headset manufacturer Lightspeed Aviation announced several programs and partnerships to help support growth in the pilot community on Tuesday at Sun ’n‘ Fun 2018.

One of its new programs offers incentives for the industry to participate in aviation scholarships. Qualifying organizations that offer aviation flight scholarships of $5,000 or more will receive Lightspeed Zulu 3 headsets for the scholarship recipient to use during training, and beyond. Early participants include the 99s, Whirly Girls Foundation, and Liftoff Learning, with more expected to be announced this year.

Meanwhile, Lightspeed is partnering with AOPA to further accelerate growth initiatives under the association’s “You Can Fly” program. “Fueling the work being done with AOPA’s Rusty Pilots, Flight Clubs, and the Flight Training Experience, Zulu 3 headsets will be donated for use as elements for these ongoing initiatives that cover all ages of the piloting journey,” Lightspeed said. In total, the company expects to donate more than $50,000 worth of headsets to “attract, inspire, and reward pilot growth.”

In addition, Lightspeed is also forming a partnership with Recreational Aviation Australia to support scholarships that aim to reignite general aviation pilot growth Down Under.