{"id":8187,"date":"2026-09-29T06:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/?p=8187"},"modified":"2026-09-29T06:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:04:29","slug":"student-spotlight-manya-sharma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/news-events\/student-spotlight-manya-sharma\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight &#8211; Manya Sharma"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8187\" class=\"elementor elementor-8187\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff6f65c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff6f65c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd0f231\" data-id=\"cd0f231\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ce0d32 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ce0d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Manya Sharma<\/p><p><strong>Course:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/faa-141-partial-program\/\">FAA Part 141 Partial Pathway<\/a><\/p><p>For Manya Sharma, becoming a commercial pilot has been a childhood dream. Inspired by her love of aviation and traveling, that passion only grew stronger as she got older. Now, after completing the first major milestone of her flight training and earning her Private Pilot License, Manya is one step closer to turning that lifelong dream into a career.<\/p><p>Manya shares what inspired her to pursue aviation, how Skyborne has supported her throughout her training, and what it means to finally earn her wings.<\/p><p><strong>How long have you known that becoming a commercial pilot was something that you wanted to do with your life?<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBecoming a commercial pilot has been a childhood dream of mine. I have always been fascinated by aviation, especially given my love for traveling. As I grew older, that passion only became stronger, and I love it more with every flight.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>How has Skyborne been of support to you in your flight training?<\/strong><br \/>\u201cSkyborne has been incredibly supportive and truly feels like a second home. The instructors are patient and dedicated to teaching, and everyone is always ready to help with any issues.<\/p><p>It has been a very reassuring environment that makes me confident I can successfully complete my training here.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Now that you\u2019ve completed the first big step in your flight training \u2014 obtaining your PPL \u2014 how does this moment feel to you?<\/strong><br \/>\u201cHonestly, after all the hard work, determination, and dedication it took to earn my Private Pilot License (PPL), it feels unbelievable and incredibly special to finally have my wings on my uniform. It is a deeply rewarding experience for me.\u201d<\/p><p>For Manya, earning her PPL is more than just completing the first major milestone of her flight training. It represents years of dreaming about a career in aviation and the dedication it has taken to begin turning that dream into reality.<\/p><p>As she continues her journey through Skyborne\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/faa-141-partial-program\/\">FAA Part 141 Flight Training Program<\/a>, Manya is building the skills, experience, and confidence needed to pursue her goal of becoming a commercial pilot.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re ready to take the first step toward your own career in aviation, learn more about Skyborne\u2019s FAA Part 141 Flight Training Program by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/faa-141-partial-program\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6639bea elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-hidden-mobile 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Inspired by her love of aviation and traveling, that passion only grew stronger as she got older. Now, after completing the first major milestone of her flight training and earning her Private Pilot License, Manya is one step closer to turning that lifelong dream into a career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":8191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crosspost_to_3":false,"_crosspost_to_4":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[51,49,53,45,47],"skyborne_type":[29],"skyborne_region":[14],"class_list":["post-8187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academy","tag-faa-141","tag-flight-training","tag-ppl","tag-skyborne","tag-student-pilot","skyborne_type-hear-from-our-students","skyborne_region-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8187"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8199,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8187\/revisions\/8199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8187"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_type?post=8187"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_region?post=8187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}