Avfuel’s pilots rewards program, AVTRIP, rewards members with more than just points and cash awards. Every year since 2000, AVTRIP has awarded a lucky pilot with a $2,000 scholarship to put towards continuing aviation education. “This year we saw an especially passionate group of applicants,” said Marci Ammerman, Avfuel Vice President, Marketing. “Their genuine enthusiasm […]
Flight Training
UND, Tokai University extend training contract
The University of North Dakota and Japan’s Tokai University have inked a four-year extension to a successful collaboration that the two schools launched eight years ago. “This is very exciting for us,” said Chuck Pineo, executive vice president of the UND Aerospace Foundation, which administers this and several similar international training contracts. “We signed our […]
AOPA awards scholarships at Women in Aviation show
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) awarded a scholarship worth $3,000 to a student pilot during the annual Women in Aviation, International (WAI) Conference in Orlando, Florida earlier this month. Alyssa Mae Celone was chosen out of 23 applicants to receive the scholarship that will be used toward future flight training. Each year, AOPA […]
FAA grants ProFlight distance learning approval
CARLSBAD, Calif. — ProFlight, a pilot training company with more than 25 years of flight training experience, has won distance learning approval from the FAA for Cessna CitationJet Series aircraft. Thanks to this FAA approval, much of the aircraft systems ground school can now be completed remotely for CE-525 and CE-525S 61.58 currency students, company […]
Free pilot refresher course offered at GMU March 29
Has it been a long time since the last time you’ve flown? Would you love to regain your knowledge and get ready for summer? Stratos Aviation will be conduct a pilot refresher course on Saturday, March 29, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm in the Greenville Downtown Airport’s main terminal building’s first floor conference room. […]
FAA advances UND in its Safety Management System program
You’ve seen them on the boss’s bookshelf: Unwieldy binders stuffed with safety rules and regulations, the kind no one reads until report time. That’s the standard joke. But at the University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences (UND Aerospace), safety across all professions and departments is no joke. “It’s a deeply ingrained […]
GAO study highlights realities of pilot shortage
The lack of opportunities for aspiring pilots to build flight time required to advance to the right seat of a regional airliner is among the factors leading to the shortage of qualified pilots now confronting the U.S. airline industry, according to a study recently published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) at the request of […]
Flight Center Development Council meets
Manassas, Va. — A group of flight training school owners from multiple states along the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic region met recently as Diamond Flight Center Development Council members to plan their further growth and market expansion. The group focused on their growth strategies, flight center best practices and utilization of Diamond programs such as […]
Sporty’s launches Flight Instructor Rebate Program
Sporty’s Pilot Shop now offers flight and ground instructors a $25 Sporty’s Gift Card each time one of their students buys a Sporty’s complete pilot course — available for Private, Sport, Recreational and Instrument training. To qualify for the rewards, instructors must register for the rebate program at Sportys.com/CFIRebate. Sporty’s Learn to Fly Course for […]