Recognizing that the cost of learning to fly can pose a significant barrier for some student pilots, AOPA earlier this year established two $5,000 flight training scholarships — the AOPA Flight Training Scholarship and the Erral Lea Plymate Memorial Scholarship. In addition, both Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA) and Jeppesen approached AOPA to provide scholarship […]
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FAA proposes $2.4 million penalty against Cessna
The FAA is proposing a $2.4 million penalty against Cessna Aircraft Co. after carbon composite parts of the wing of one of its aircraft came apart during flight. On Dec. 6, 2010, an FAA test pilot performing a production audit test flight in a Cessna Corvalis experienced a failure of the skin on the left […]
Vaughn College partners with Redbird
Vaughn College and Redbird Flight Simulations are working together to develop a flight training program using Redbird’s Skyport flight training facility and simulation development laboratory opening this November at the San Marcos Municipal Airport in Texas. The FAA Part 141 program is designed to improve student pilot proficiency and safety while increasing student retention and […]
An invisible minority
Imagine you are flying with someone and you can’t say the letter e, because if it accidentally slips out in conversation, you might be ridiculed, ostracized by your peers, and it could potentially damage your career. Chances are you’d be so concerned about the things you say that you don’t put your full attention on […]
Reaching out through film
You probably have distinct memories of the first time you saw a World War II aircraft. Perhaps a parent or grandparent took you by the hand and told you about the airplane as you stood beneath it on the ramp. Maybe one flew overhead, bathing you in the roar of its engine. This inspired your […]
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CALPILOTS newsletter available
The California Pilots Association [CALPILOTS] has made available their September-October 2011 newsletter via PDF download.
Page Field slates Aviation Day
Aviation Day 2011 will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, at Florida’s Page Field (FMY) and the Lee County Port Authority is looking for exhibitors who would like to display and/or sell aviation-related memorabilia or show their aircraft at the event. Exhibit space is free. Aviation Day is a free, annual community event that promotes education […]
Rare PB4Y-2 ‘Privateer’ to fly at Copperstate
At 75 feet long, 30 feet high, and 110 feet wide from wingtip-to-wingtip, the Consolidated PB4Y-2 “Privateer” based at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ) in Arizona is tough to miss. For locals and pilots, it’s a familiar sight — but also unfamiliar, even for the most seasoned aviation enthusiast. That’s because it’s the only […]