Paradigm Shift Solutions, Inc. has hired Flightline Solutions, LLC as its exclusive sales agent for flight simulation and training products. The partnership leverages Flightline Solutions’ sales expertise and customer relationships within the flight training industry, while allowing Paradigm to focus its resources on technological innovation, product engineering, manufacturing and customer support. “We are excited about […]
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Hillsboro students receive flight training scholarships
Two Hillsboro Aviation students, Kyle Boaz and Clayton Davis, were recently awarded Youth Flight Training Scholarships sponsored by the George and Lillian Bogardus Memorial Trust and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 105. For the past two years, the Bogardus Board of Trustees has collaborated with EAA Chapter 105 to have a flight training scholarship program […]
Gleim offers student pilot certification
This year’s U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla., will be held this week, Jan. 19-22, and Gleim will be there to help prospective general aviation pilots start their certification journey. Interested individuals can take a two-hour Gleim course at the show to learn more about becoming a pilot and be issued an FAA Student […]
Hot air balloon ground school set for general aviation pilots
Palmetto Sun Balloons, a family run hot air balloon company in South Carolina, will be conducting a Hot Air Balloon Ground School for general aviation private and commercial pilots the weekend of Feb. 25-26. The school will be held at the Runway Café at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) beginning at 8 a.m. each day. The […]
First solo: Matt Ferrari
The day started out normal, another flying lesson, the same maneuvers I’d been practicing, nothing out of the ordinary. Flying back to the airport my instructor handed me the microphone prompting me to get an airport advisory. Without much choice, I said “Brainerd Unicom, Cessna 757 Echo Yankee, 10 miles out to the South, inbound […]
JWN shows signs of life for GA
GA airports are showing the first glimmers of a rebound in Middle Tennessee, according to a report from Nashville Public Radio. Officials at John C. Tune Airport (JWN) are watching a rise in their key indicator – fuel sales — and, good news for all of GA, the Metro Nashville Airport Authority gives some of […]
Microsoft Flight takes to the skies
Microsoft Studios recently premiered Microsoft Flight, a PC game that lets players jump into the challenge, fun, and freedom of flight. Microsoft Flight will be available as a free download this spring, giving players the freedom to fly the skies over the Big Island of Hawaii, complete a variety of missions, test their skills in […]
First tailwheel solo: Jerry Rittenhouse
We recently asked pilots on our Facebook page to share the story of their first solos. Here’s Jerry Rittenhouse’s story: In 1965 at age 20, I heard of a 1941 Piper J5 for sale at Morton, Washington. The J5 was a 75-hp tailwheel lightplane. Morton was a logging town in the foothills of the Cascade […]
AOPA opens applications for flight training scholarships
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is now accepting applications for three $5,000 flight training scholarships to be awarded at the Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In and Expo March 27-April 1. Student pilots working toward an initial sport, recreational, or private pilot certificate may apply online for the AOPA Flight Training Scholarship, Erral Lea Plymate […]