One of the biggest new additions to the community-based learning landscape in Pensacola has been the National Flight Academy.

The academy is entering its second full year of giving students in grades 7 through 12 a weeklong immersive education experience centered around flight.

Might one of those students leave with ambitions to become a future Top Guns? Maybe. But organizers of the academy will count it as a victory if the students who go through the academy leave it with a greater interest in math and science.

Meet Karen Sindel, vice president of business development for the flight academy, and hear their story.