Flight FO 0802 · Now boarding at gate HOU
FolahanOdewabi
Working at the intersection of aviation and technology.
I’m a private pilot who designed and shipped FlightDesk, an AI ground-training app for student pilots, and I’m completing an M.S. in Management Information Systems at Texas Southern University.
01 · About GKY
I’ve been set on flying since I was five: airshows, a high-school aerospace program, and five years restoring aircraft with the Commemorative Air Force. In 2023 I earned my private pilot certificate in seven weeks and passed the checkride on the first attempt. Now I’m building FlightDesk and finishing an M.S. in MIS, working where flight operations meet systems, data and product.
- Aviation
- Private Pilot ASEL · 57.2 hrs · FAA regulations · Risk management · ADM · CRM
- Technical
- React · JavaScript · SQL/PostgreSQL · Supabase · Python · AI/LLM integration · Excel · Data analysis
- Coursework
- Airport mgmt · Air carrier mgmt · Aviation safety · Meteorology · Aviation law · Part 139 · ATC · Supply chain
- Leadership
- Event planning · Mentoring · Crisis management · Stakeholder communication · Program evaluation
02 · Crew record HOU
Every leg signed.
Operations, data, leadership and service, logged the way a pilot logs time.
- Jul 2026 — NowDAL
Founder & CEO
FlightDesk LLC · Dallas
Designed and built the product solo and shipped the web beta (React, Vite, Supabase, Capacitor). Built retrieval that answers only from 2,851 FAA passages and cites them, calling the Claude API through secure server functions.
- Jan — May 2026DPA
Ground School Evaluator, Intern
Tuskegee NEXT Foundation
Evaluated ground school performance for 17 cadets in the 2026 cohorts, tracking test scores in Excel to flag who needed support, and reported results to the director. 10 cadets advanced to flight training and earned their certificates.
- Aug 2024 — NowHOU
Resident Assistant
Texas Southern University
Plans and runs 10+ programs a year for a community of 70 residents. Digitized 60+ student reports and used attendance and feedback data to raise engagement 15% and attendance 20%.
- Jan — Dec 2024DPA
Event Chair
Tuskegee NEXT Foundation
Led planning for Aviation Day at DuPage Airport, bringing 104 kids out for hands-on aviation activities. Built the run of show and led event-day coordination for speakers, volunteers and activities.
- Until May 2026HOU
Vice President
OBAP · TSU chapter
Revived the campus chapter, leading a 6-person team to rebuild its leadership, programming and engagement.
- Jun 2023 — NowDFW
Volunteer Mentor
OBAP ACE Camp · Chicago & Dallas
Mentored 60+ students: 34 in Chicago in 2023, teaching flight simulator operations, and 30+ in Dallas in 2025 and 2026, introducing young people to aviation careers.
- At TSUHOU
Secretary
AAAE and Women in Aviation
Worked with a 5-person AAAE team to run career events on aviation résumés and job pathways.
- 2019 — 2024 · seasonalRBD
Student Intern
Commemorative Air Force · Dallas
Disassembled and reassembled a Piper Cub over 15 weeks with a restoration team, working hands-on with 3 aircraft systems. Pitched 2 restoration proposals to stakeholders; both were approved.
03 · Flying JVL
Hours logged.
04 · FlightDesk WEB
FlightDesk
Founder & CEO · FlightDesk LLC (Texas, 2026)
A mobile-first training and readiness app for student pilots. The first release has one job: get students ready for the FAA private pilot knowledge test. Designed and built solo, from my own experience of ground study tools that were scattered and hard to trust.
- Cited tutorAnswers only from FAA passages and cites them.
- ACS quiz bankQuestions built from Airman Certification Standards elements.
- READY ScoreTracks knowledge-test readiness.
- Digital logbookHours and endorsements in one place.
- Oral exam simulatorPractice the checkride oral.Planned
FAA passages indexed
2,851
- AIM1,433
- PHAK821
- 14 CFR 61 & 91399
- ACS198
Questions generated → reviewed
482 / 526 approved
- Approved482
- Rejected44
Every answer traces back to FAA content I indexed and reviewed by hand. 4 sources: PHAK, AIM, 14 CFR, ACS.
Retrieval pulled in rules that don’t apply to private pilots — instructor and commercial requirements from Part 61, large and turbine aircraft rules from Part 91 Subpart F, oceanic procedures from the AIM — and they leaked into generated quiz questions.
Made once, inside the shared hybrid_search_faa database function, so every feature gets the same filter.
Ran adversarial queries built to pull out-of-scope rules, confirmed none came back, then cleaned the existing question bank in bulk.
✓How it’s built
- Front end
- React 18, Vite 5, shared design tokens
- Mobile
- Capacitor 8 · Android build ready, iOS in progress
- Database
- Supabase Postgres, Row Level Security, pgvector
- Server
- Supabase Edge Functions in TypeScript
- Retrieval
- Hybrid keyword + vector search, OpenAI embeddings
- Tutor
- Claude Sonnet, called only from an Edge Function
- Content
- Python pipeline for ingestion, generation and review
- Hosting
- Vercel
Security checklist
- API keys stay on the server and never reach the browser
- Students see only their own records and only approved questions
- Paid AI functions require sign-in, with per-user rate limits, request size caps and an origin allowlist
- In-app account deletion, as both app stores require
Sample question · from the FlightDesk bank
Class C airspace, VFR. What are the minimum flight visibility and cloud clearance?
Pick an answer to see the citation.
05 · Passport TSU
Stamps collected.
Certificates, education and honors. FAA certificate verification is available on request.
06 · Arrival NEXT
Cleared to land.
Open to roles in aviation technology, MIS, aviation operations and business aviation. I’d like to hear what your team is building.