The National Association of Flight Instructors is soliciting nominations 2015 inductee(s) for the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame. With 26 Hall of Famers in 17 years and over a century of total combined instructional experience, the Hall of Fame includes some of the most well-known individuals in aviation education; people such as Hal Shevers, Bill […]
Flight Training
Latest issue of FAA Safety Briefing online
The September/October 2014 issue of FAA Safety Briefing focuses on the world of student pilots and airmen-in-training. A continuation to the magazine’s last student pilot-themed edition in 2012, this issue explores additional tips and resources to help provide a successful path to initial pilot certification, as well as provide a refresher to those more experienced aviators, FAA […]
Continental sells 16 diesel engines to Spanish flight school
Continental Motors Group reports that Aerodynamics Malaga S.L. (Aerodynamics), a Spanish flight training school, will retrofit 16 aircraft with the Continental Diesel jet fuel piston engine. Aerodynamics is an EASA ATO and Part 145 maintenance organization based in Malaga, Spain. It operates a fleet of 19 aircraft, 17 helicopters and two simulators. Aerodynamics currently flies two Piper PA-28 […]
Flying Cup Challenge winners compete at Oshkosh
Performing in an airshow is on many a pilot’s bucket list. Twelve young men from all over the world had that special opportunity at AirVenture this year through the Flying Cup Challenge. The young men competed against one another in a Redbird FMX, a full-motion flight simulator placed on the main stage in the center of […]
CATS Testing Center opens at GMU
A new CATS Testing Center has opened at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in Greenville, S.C. The new testing center, the only one in the Upstate of South Carolina, is located in the Palmetto Pilot Supply store in the Greenville Downtown Airport’s main terminal. GMU has five flight schools and is the busiest general aviation airport […]
Crosswind students qualify for insurance credits
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Crosswind Concepts (CC) students who complete the Maximum Demonstrated Crosswind (MDC) training session now qualify for a 5% premium credit on aviation insurance policies under Avemco’s Safety Rewards Program, according to CC manager Taylor Albrecht. Crosswind’s MDC training course helps pilots develop “stick and rudder” skills that are particularly necessary during challenging […]
Bearhawk Aircraft receives FAA approval for transition training
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Bearhawk Aircraft has received the first FAA authorization for transition training in a four-place Bearhawk amateur-built airplane. Bearhawk builder, owner and certified flight instructor (CFI), Jared Yates of Hickory, North Carolina, has received a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA) from the FAA allowing him to provide flight instruction in his four-place Bearhawk. […]
CTI Professional Flight Training adds sim
MILLINGTON, Tenn. — CTI Professional Flight Training has acquired a new flight simulator equipped with three-dimensional motion, accurate cockpit panel, and realistic control stick loading. CTI Professional Flight Training’s students will use the flight simulator to experience a lifelike flight mission while safely on the ground. The flight simulator is the Redbird FMX Advanced Aviation Training […]
Natalie Bingham Hoover wins NAFI’s Laslo Writing Award
Natalie Bingham Hoover has won the National Association of Flight Instructors 2014 Laslo Writing Award. NAFI Editor David Hipschman presented the award at the annual NAFI Member Breakfastat EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Bingham-Hoover is the Assistant Chief Flight Instructor at Air Venture Flight Center at KOLV in Olive Branch, Mississippi. She has more than 5,500 hours total […]