The program, known as Soaring Valor, flew a group of veterans from Charlotte, North Carolina, to New Orleans on September 5.

After 10 years, 30 chartered flights and more than 1,500 honorable passengers, Soaring Valor logged its final flight.

Fred Fehsenfeld, a Purdue mechanical engineering alumnus, stands near Sky Dancer, a Pipistrel Sinus glider he gifted to Purdue. The gift effectively ushers in a new era of glider instruction and ...