Aviation Training Academy (ATA) has received FAA approval for several of its courses for IA renewal credits, including: Hazardous Materials Awareness Training Online, General Aviation Fire Safety Online, and Human Factors, It All Starts with Maintenance in live seminar presentation. The Human Factors course is not currently available online, but planned for availability in 2014, […]
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A battle GA must win
An in-depth story on AOPA.org about the embattled Santa Monica Airport in Southern California notes that its fate could have implications for airports across the country. The subject of a lawsuit by the city to close the airport, SMO “should be the cause célèbre of aviation interests to draw the proverbial line in the sand,” Richard Asper, […]
Mercy Flight Southeast to raffle off flight in a P-51
Stallion 51 is partnering with Mercy Flight Southeast to raffle off a chance to fly in the P-51 Mustang “Crazy Horse.” Mercy Flight Southeast’s network of 650 volunteer pilots provides free air transportation to life-saving medical appointments for people who otherwise could not get there. While pilots donate their airplanes, fuel and flight hours to […]
Entries open soon for International Air Meet
High Velocity Events will present the first International Air Meet – Championship Cross Country Air Races May 23-26, 2014, at Durant, Oklahoma. Pilots will head for America’s heartland where the State of Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation and Durant Municipal Airport-Eaker Field will welcome pilots to their own “Big Show.” More than a century has passed […]
Hollywood takes flight
SEATTLE — Just in time for the 2014 Oscar nominations, on Jan. 11 aviation movie expert and author Mark Carlson will lead a presentation based upon his book, “Flying on Film: A Century of Aviation in the Movies, 1912-2012” at the Museum of Flight. His decades-long devotion to aviation movies has given him access and […]
ICG course receives FAA approval for IA renewal credits
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — An Operations & Flight Line Maintenance Course offered by International Communications Group (ICG) for its NxtLink ICS-120A/220A satellite communications devices has been approved by the FAA for Inspection Authorization (IA) Renewal Training. The 14-hour course will allow authorized inspectors to use eight hours toward renewing his or her accreditation. The course […]
CFIs earn Master Instructor designations
Five CFIs earned Master Instructor accreditation in December from Master Instructors LLC. To help put these achievements in their proper perspective, there are approximately 97,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 800 have earned Master accreditation, according to officials. The last 18 National Flight Instructors of the Year or National FAASTeam Representatives of the Year […]
National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals Class of 2014
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has revealed the names of six individuals who have been elected for enshrinement in 2014. The six will join a roster of 219 men and women air and space pioneers who have been inducted by the NAHF since its founding in 1962. The names and photos of the […]
Museum presents ‘The Eighth Air Force’
The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire’s Second Saturday series will present “The Eighth Air Force…Start Engines…Plus 50 Years” Jan. 11. This video, produced by the Smithsonian, is among the best offerings illustrating the part played by the United States Eighth Air Force and World War II’s air war over Europe, according to museum officials. Vintage […]