Want to serve on the mission field with aviation? As a Christian, missionary minded university with a mission of preparing graduates to be difference-makers, we prepare our graduates to live out God’s calling for their lives in aircraft and hangars around the globe. Our Aviation Minor will specifically prepare you to use your love of aircraft to help spread the gospel as a missionary aviator. You’ll span borders to fly into some of the most remote landing strips in the world and make a tangible difference in countless lives. In cooperation with USAeroTech Institute in Greenville, SC, NGU’s Christian pilot training prepares you to fly, inspect and repair your plane in jungles, deserts…wherever the Lord leads you.
When you graduate with an Aviation Minor, you’ll have a minimum of 190 flight hours in single and multi-engine aircraft. You will also have an option to earn a Certified Flight Instructor Certificate with which to earn a living and build flight time and experience toward your aviation ministry or career. (Students wishing to take flight training as a concentration within their NGU degree, will enroll in USAeroTech Institute, pay USAeroTech for the complete training, and upon completing the specific FAA license achieved and the Pilot logbook records endorsed by the Flight Instructor, NGU will grant credit for the courses listed above as specified in NGU’s articulation agreement with USAeroTech Institute.)
At NGU/USAeroTech, our mission pilot preparation is more than just technical training. Our Aviation Minor involves extensive hands-on learning experience in an authentic Christian flight school environment where discipleship is as crucial as technical proficiency. The minor allows the students to obtain appropriate flight training for a variety of licenses and purposes, including especially missionary aviation, as well as corporate aviation, airlines, agricultural flying, or personal use. Even if you aren’t interested in the aviation minor, you are still free to take flight training. (For those interested in Aircraft Maintenance, USAeroTech Institute offers a full-time one-year course of study that can be taken after completion of your NGU degree to prepare you for maintaining your aircraft on the mission field.)
Career Options: Missionary Pilot, Corporate Pilot, Major Airline Pilot, Regional Airline Pilot, Charter Pilot, Cargo Pilot, Law Enforcement Pilot, Search and Rescue Pilot, Military Pilot, Firefighting Pilot, Park Service Pilot, Bush Pilot, and Recreational Flying. All the courses described in the Aviation Minor are instructed by USAeroFlight (https://usaeroflight.net/). These courses are only transferred into NGU once all training has been completed and the student has passed the FAA exam and obtained the FAA Pilot Certificate. These courses are not subject to NGU financial aid packages. (See https://usaeroflight.net/flight-school/ for estimated costs.)