A new flight school is set to open this fall in Spanish Fork.

The Flight Leaders Training Academy is expected to help solve the issue of student pilots waiting weeks or months to complete flight checks mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration. The academy’s second location is designed to train pilots at a relatively fast pace, with students often graduating in 14 months.

Jason Clark, founder and CEO of Flight Leaders Training Academy, began his flight training school at 19 years old in 2012. At the time, Clark couldn’t find any airlines that were ready to hire. Instead of joining an airline, he decided to buy shares in a company and help provide introductory flights for potential flight students via Groupon. His unorthodox approach paid off, with him selling hundreds of flights in

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