Hello everyone!
The past few months since my last post have kept me quite busy, and excited, and in this post, I’m going to tell you why.
The first thing that I’d like to share is that I have been accepted to Penn State University for their Meteorology program! This is my number one school, so this is quite exciting for me. They also have one of the best and most respected meteorology programs in the country. As I have mentioned in previous posts, my plans are to major in meteorology while doing AFROTC, with the end goal of being a pilot in the air force. If I can’t be a pilot in the air force for some un-foreseen reason, then being a Meteorologist in the Air Force would be my second choice, as I have always been interested in and fascinated by weather. That is why I’m planning to major in Meteorology. But my career goal is still to fly. Of course, having a deep knowledge of the weather would also aid my skills and decision making in aviation.
In November, I was also named Senior of the Month, which is a pretty big deal at my school. All the teachers come to together to choose the senior of the month based on academics, achievements, accomplishments, and general actions of the student. I’m excited about this because of how it looks on college and scholarship applications. I also have just started my winter job. I work for a nearby ski resort as a ticket checker, and am an avid skier myself, in case you didn’t know.
Unfortunately, my flight training is still at more or less of a stand still, but I’m working hard at applying to scholarships to get going again. I just got done filming and editing a video of myself talking about why I want to be a pilot, as well as some other things, for a $5,000 scholarship being distributed by an organization called Make-A-Pilot. I’ll make sure to share the video to my social media and tag FMA so everyone can watch it when I submit it. I also put a link to it down below. I learned that I unfortunately did not receive the EAA Ray scholarship, but that doesn’t deter me in the least bit. I still plan on applying for the version of the Ray scholarship that my EAA Chapter distributes. In the meantime, I have finished Sporty’s Learn to Fly ground school course and am taking the tests they require to get my endorsement for the FAA knowledge test, which I plan on taking soon.
Now for the biggest, and most exciting, news. I’m proud to announce that my brother and I, also known together as Pyxus, have released our debut album as of today January 2nd, which features seven original tracks in the folk rock/newgrass genre. It can be found on all streaming platforms, and is also for sale online in CD and digital download form. I do hope you all go and check it out! I’ll leave the links to our website (which is where you can order our album) and our social media below. Just copy and past them into your search bar.
https://pyxusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/pyxus
https://www.facebook.com/pyxusmusic/
Here’s the link to my Make-A-Pilot Scholarship Application video. I’m not much of an editor, but I think I did alright. Let me know what you think!
Cheers, and Happy New Year!
Jake Myers
Congratulations on Penn State! I will definitely check out you and your brothers’ new album.
wow! Congratulations, I look forward to reading more about how all the scholarships work out for you! keep up the good work!
Wow, this is pretty inspiring. Good job!
WOW!!! So impressed with all of your accomplishments. So happy for you and your brother for the album release – Pyxus. Love the video and I suspect Make-A-Pilot will too. Thank you so much for the update. I know I speak for many when I encourage you to continue letting us know how and what you are doing.