Powerful Learning has released Online Pilot Training (OPT), a new online product for GA pilots. Powerful Learning has been providing online training products specifically designed to meet the needs of Chinese students for a number of years and has now brought its special brand of online training to the U.S. market. OPT, designed to be […]
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Three receive Burton scholarships
SALINA, Kansas — The Connor Burton Aviation Foundation recently awarded three scholarships to students in the professional pilot program at Kansas State University Salina The students were awarded $10,000 scholarships, which are split between their junior and senior years, to help pay for flying time or books and tuition, enabling them to earn their flight certificates […]
Independence Aviation names new Chief Flight Instructor, Chief Emeritus
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Independence Aviation, based at Centennial Airport (KAPA), has promoted Rhett Kamm to Chief Instructor Pilot, replacing Charles O. “Chuck” Gensler, who is retiring from the post. Gensler assumes the new title of Chief Flight Instructor Emeritus and will continue to instruct students on a part-time basis. “Chuck has done an outstanding job […]
Five earn Master Instructor in October
Five CFIs were recently accredited as Masters by Master Instructors LLC. To put this achievement in perspective, there are approximately 97,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 800 have earned Master accreditation, according to officials. As a measure of the significance and prestige associated with this title, the last 18 National Flight Instructors of […]
Galvin opens satellite flight training facility at S50
SEATTLE — The Flight Training Department of Galvin Flying Services has opened a satellite flight training facility at Auburn Airport (S50) in Auburn, Wash. The facility, co‐located with Auburn Flight Service‐Maintenance and Repair, will eventually provide both Part 61 and Part 141 flight training programs, according to company officials. “In analyzing our growing marketplace — our partnership […]
ASA offers free download of Endorsement Labels
CFIs can print only the page(s) they need by selecting specific page numbers during Print Setup, or print the entire seven-page document.
Five accredited as Master Instructors
Five CFIs have received or renewed accreditation as Master Instructors from Master Instructors LLC and its Board of Review. To help put this achievement in perspective, there are approximately 97,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 800 have earned Master accreditation thus far. As a measure of the significance and prestige associated with this […]
Observations and invitations
Attached to the main administration building at the Santa Monica Airport in Southern California is an observation deck. It’s a wide concrete structure with a curved metal railing that allows excellent views of the area, reaching from the Hollywood sign in the northeast all the way around to the Pacific Ocean on the southwest. A […]
Medallion Foundation supports Nenana ‘Pilot’ program
Students in the aviation program at the Nenana High School in Nenana, Alaska, have received a new flight simulator provided by the Medallion Foundation to add to the school’s new aviation education program. “Medallion is about changing the safety culture at a young age as these students learn to fly promoting and educating safety first, […]