Much of the creative vision of the National Flight Academy can be attributed to Marc Watson of Imagine Creative Technology (ICT), an Orlando-based company staffed primarily by engineers formerly employed by Universal Studios Creative. Marc was the driving force behind the creation of such visionary themed rides and simulation experiences including The Hulk, Spiderman, and Battle Stations 21, a ¾ scale simulated ship that floods...

As you might know, we here at the National Flight Academy reached a tremendous milestone in May with the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation’s Board of Directors. Namely, their final approval to go ahead with construction of the National Flight Academy as soon as practicable! After decades of conceptual development, years of fundraising (and a few natural disasters to slow progress), and months and...

We have officially started construction on the National Flight Academy (NFA) and the expansion Exhibit Hall for the National Naval AviationMuseum!  The NFA, designed as a rather contemporary metal sided building on the outside, is called the USS Ambition, designed on the inside to look, feel, smell, sound, and quite possibly even taste like a modern aircraft carrier...

I'm pleased to announce that the National Flight Academy's Ground-Breaking ceremony will be held immediately behind the National Naval Aviation Museum on NAS Pensacola (the site of the NFA) at 10:00 am on June 16th, 2009, to be followed by a reception in the Museum's Blue Angel atrium at 11:00 am.  I invite all those interested, and especially all those supporters to come out and join in the festivities...

I'm Kevin "Elvis" King, the Vice President for the National Flight Academy, and I've got the dream job of conceptualizing, developing, designing (at least assisting!), and building (well, not actually) the National Flight Academy!  It truly is an exciting time with ground-breaking set for the 16th of June, and construction starting shortly thereafter for what is to be...