Well, 2021 is here. We’re proud to announce we’re growing again this year. So, let’s jump right into it. We’d like to welcome in 2021 with our first round of scholarship recipients. In round 1 we are awarding $15,000 in total scholarships to 6 individuals – Randi Copeland– Manuela Jay– Maryam Khazraee– Nathan Rose– Cade[…]
The leadership and everyone involved with Stripes to Bars is excited to announce a new partnership with Pilot Pipeline. The new partnership will provide our scholarship winners with an amazing resource to streamline the path to achieving their aviation dreams. Pilot Pipeline is an automated career management platform designed to meet current or aspiring pilots at[…]
What can we say about 2020? I’m sure a lot of things come to mind for many of us. One of which wasn’t that we would grow the way we did, awarding 14 total scholarships this year. Our entire Stripes To Bars team is honored to be able to grow this year’s list of awardees.[…]
We are so excited to announce round one of this year’s scholarships. As the prior years have taught us – we have some amazingly talented individuals who are seeking our assistance, guidance and mentorship on their journey into and through the aviation certification process. All of us at Stripes to Bars continue to be astounded[…]
S2B’s Applicants, I want to personally thank you for the time and effort put into your application. Our selection committee has completed an initial review and can attest to the impressive caliber of our applicants. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made the difficult decision to delay our announcement of the 2020[…]
On January 1, 2020 the application window opened for this year’s pool of applicants. As the number of applicants continues to grow year by year, the leadership and volunteers at Stripes to Bars are encouraged. There has been a continued shortage of pilots and people like Josh Urban, one of the 2019 scholarship recipients, who[…]
Following In Father’s Footsteps Who is Jason Otrin? From enlisting in the Army as a helicopter mechanic to becoming an intelligence officer to being a drone expert, Jason Otrin has made it full circle. Otrin is the final recipient of the 2019 Stripes to Bar Scholarship. His goals are now in sight with some additional[…]
Childhood Dreams Meet Reality Who is Ben Bashinski? The answer may not be a simple one and it rarely ever is. We’ll start with Ben’s childhood as it paints a clear picture of the present. Ben often could be found in the co-pilot seat next to his father. He seemed to drift back into the[…]
U.S. Citizenship Takes Flight Who is Emmanuel Danso? If you were to tell a young man living in Ghana, West Africa that he would be a pilot one day in the United States, he would have thought you were crazy. Today we stand here watching Emannuel Danso, a man who took up his cause to[…]
A Special Kind of Flight Who is Josh Urban Originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, Josh Urban is a man of experience and his is unlike many others. The few men and women who join the ranks of the Armed Forces have a connection, unlike many others and Josh’s story attests to this very fact. Josh[…]