Many years ago, when I was working as a television news reporter, I spent a day in a wheelchair so that I could get an idea of what it was like to be disabled for a story on the American With Disabilities Act. I remember how challenging it was to use a water fountain, get […]
Flight Training
Kuo appointed president of Rhode Island IMC Club
The IMC Clubs has appointed Victoria Kuo, the chief flight instructor of New Horizon Aviation, to be the Rhode Island Chapter President. As a highly qualified volunteer Kuo was chosen to provide her expertise in flight education to the club, according to club officials. Rhode Island chapter meetings will take place every third Thursday at […]
Aging Gracefully, Flying Safely
The AOPA Foundation’s Air Safety Institute has released a new interactive online course called “Aging Gracefully, Flying Safely.” While no one has a choice about getting older, choices can be made on how to deal with it. The new course focuses on giving pilots practical advice on the effects of aging, the possible impact on […]
AAR partners with City Colleges of Chicago
AAR has been selected by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office as aviation industry partner for a new education to careers strategy between the City Colleges of Chicago and private business to prepare residents for jobs in aviation. AAR Chairman and CEO David P. Storch joined Mayor Emanuel for the announcement of the “Colleges to Careers” […]
From student to mentor
This may not seem to be a column about politics, but it is. Because ultimately politics is the art of people interacting with other people in order to get something done. Based on that, flight instruction falls well within the realm of politics. And just like politics in the governmental sense, the politics of flight […]
Tecnam to partner with Mechtronix on sim
Tecnam has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mechtronix for the development of a Tecnam P2006T Twin Procedure Trainer (FNPT II). The MOU Tecnam and Mechtronix establishes a framework for the development and the commercialization of a Tecnam P2006T FNPT II as well as a P2006T conversion kit for existing simulators, according to company […]
Florida State taps Sunrise Aviation for flight training
Sunrise Aviation has been chosen by Florida State College at Jacksonville as the exclusive flight training vendor for students in FSCJ’s Professional Pilot Technology program. Flight students will receive training at Sunrise Aviation’s FAA approved satellite at Cecil Airport co-located in FSCJ’s Cecil Center South facilities. Pilot training at Cecil Airport began this fall with […]
Sporty’s course update impressive
I just watched the Advanced IFR DVD from the Sporty’s Instrument Rating Course. The quality of the video and interactivity made me wish this series had been around, in this format, when I was in flight training back in the, gulp, late 1980s. This isn’t a typical “ground school” video. Its use of high-end graphics […]
New flight school opens at ISM
Orlando Gateway Sport Pilot Flight Training Center, a sport pilot flight school, recently opened at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida. Roger Frechette, a certified flight and ground instructor, owns and operates the training facility along with three instructors. Frechette and his team have nearly 20 years’ flight instruction experience. The center is associated with […]