"I wanted to do something more enjoyable with my life. After eight years of ‘corporate America’, he had enough. It's hard not to have a smile on your face when you're flying."įor Richard, becoming a pilot was his "second go at life." Originally going to university for construction management, Richard ended up working in construction management lending. Everybody's happy because they get to fly. "It's great to see folks fulfill their dreams like I did of becoming a pilot and doing something they enjoy," says Richard. With over 30 aircraft, students' clock around 35,000 pooled flight hours every year. A mix of changing landscapes, altitudes, and density altitudes means that pilots at this university receive a wide range of training. In the middle of summer, pilots experience 9000 ft air density altitudes regularly, meaning the distances needed for take-off and landings can vary. Students get the full gamut," Richard explains. "You get a wide variety of what it's like to fly in heat, as well as what it's like to fly and land an airplane on a slick runway because it's got ice on it. Sitting at 5600 ft above sea level, SUU is the highest altitude flight school in the United States.Īdding to the terrain and altitude, it's also a region that experiences all four seasons. "It's what they call colour country," says Richard Cannon, the Director of Flight Operations at SUU, "There's a lot of red rock." There are 10,000-foot mountains to the east and a vast desert to the west - it's the kind of majestic landscape you'd recognise from a classic Western film. It's home to hoodoos (spire-shaped rock formations) and canyonlands unlike any other. Pilots in training at Southern Utah University (SUU), will receive a one-of-a-kind experience not only because they will end up with both a university degree and pilots' license, but also because of the school’s unique location.Ĭedar City, Utah lies between two famous national parks, Zion and Bryce.
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