Proceeds from the raffle will go to the East Central Ohio Pilots Association’s Education and Safety Foundation, which provides flight training scholarships to future pilots. Tickets are $75 for one and $195 for three, with just 4,000 tickets being sold.
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ATP Flight School opens new training center in Dallas with plans to train 20,000 pilots by 2030
“With a shortage of qualified airline pilots representing 10% of the total professional pilot workforce by 2023,” the new training center at Arlington Municipal Airport in Texas “joins ATP’s 60 other locations nationwide to increase capacity and train 20,000 airline pilots over the next ten years,” according to company officials.
Construction begins on Trigger Gap pavilion
Fueling construction is a group of donors who will match all donations made by May 15, 2021, for the pavilion at the backcountry airstrip in Arkansas.
Space launch areas added to navigation charts
All 12 FAA-licensed spaceports, and other federal and private launch and reentry sites, are represented on the charts by a rocket symbol. These areas are in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia.
Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame reveals Class of 2021
The Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame has revealed its Class of 2021, which includes airline executives, air racers, flight instructors, and a World War II combat veteran, and a WASP.
LiveAirShowTV’s SUN ‘n FUN broadcasts shatter records
People from more than 100 countries around the world tuned in to LiveAirShowTV to watch some of the action at the 2021 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo.
Founder of Zenair flies west
The prolific aircraft designer died peacefully at his home in Southern France.
The race is on at the Air Zoo
Called Fund your Favorite, the competition pits two of the aviation museum’s restoration projects against each other to see which one will emerge as the winner. Which one would you vote for: A Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless or an F-117A Nighthawk?
National WASP WWII Museum slates homecoming fly-in
Museum officials are hoping to set a one-day record for the number of Vultee BT-13s — the WASP’s basic training — on one airfield. To encourage attendance, partial fuel reimbursement will be available to BT-13 owners.