At age 28, Middle Georgia State University (MGA) aviation student Angela Rogers is rolling (and looping and spinning) into her second career as a professional pilot.
Originally from Destin, Fla., Rogers decided to leave behind her job as a manager of pilots at an Air Force base to become a professional pilot herself. She enrolled at MGA and will graduate with her B.S. in Aviation Science and Management in spring 2023. But in addition to taking part in standard pilot training, Rogers is currently the president and one of the primary organizers of MGA’s new Aerobatics Club.
L-R are Angela Rogers, MGA Aerobatics Club president, Gene Behrends, assistant chief flight instructor, and Bobby Jeanes, flight instructor. Behrends and Jeanes are faculty advisors for the club. They are standing in front of a Citabria (‘airbatic’ spelled backward), used by the School of Aviation for upset recovery training. Aerobatics are sort of an extension of upset recovery training but more geared toward competitive events among pilots and entertainment for people watching from the ground.