(L-R) Rob Riggen of Flying High Coffee & Charles Stites of Able Flight
Building a new business in aviation is hard enough as it is, and when you decide to give away 30% of your profits, you’ve given yourself an extra hill to climb. But, when he created Flying High Coffee, Rob Riggen of Vermont wasn’t afraid to dive in to the highly competitive world of selling gourmet coffee, and he wasn’t worried worried that he was digging a hole for himself by giving almost a third of the company’s profits to aviation charities, including Able Flight.
During EAA AirVenture 2011 Riggen and his family were some of the busiest people on the grounds, rising well before sunrise to prepare fresh-brewed coffee for a number of the exhibitor and vendor locations, and for their own very busy booth. Still, Riggen found time for a press conference to announce his co
mpany’s support for Able Flight, and before the week was over he delivered Flying High Coffee’s first contribution to the Able Flight Scholarship Fund.
The former flight instructor is ambitious in his goal of becoming the supplier of fresh roasted coffees to every pilot who needs a “daily lift”. It’s his goal to build a business that also gives back to aviation with every order placed. To order great coffee and help Able Flight at the same time, visit Flying High Coffee.