The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) and Redbird Flight Simulations will host free Pilot Proficiency Program sessions at AirVenture 2014 from Monday, July 28, through Saturday, Aug. 2. The sessions will focus solely on 11 VFR and IFR scenarios in a Redbird MCX motion simulator, which is a full-motion Aviation Training Device with dual controls […]
Society of Aviation and Flight Educators
SAFE elects new board members
Three aviation leaders were elected to the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) Board of Directors in May, each for three-year terms: Sherry Knight Rossiter of Missoula, Montana, Dr. Donna Wilt of Melbourne, Florida, and Ken Wittekiend of Burnet, Texas. They were elected by popular vote open to all 900 SAFE members and will begin […]
SAFE wins Wolf grant
Aviation safety outreach by the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) was strengthened last week with a generous grant from the Wolf Aviation Fund to continue and expand SAFE – The Magazine, the society’s quarterly e-magazine. This is the third grant made to SAFE by the Wolf Aviation Fund, which distributes grants to aviation […]
SAFE Toolkit App now available For iPads, iPhones, Androids
An iPhone and iPad version of the SAFE Toolkit app is now available. The SAFE Toolkit was introduced for Android users earlier this month at SUN ’n FUN by the Society of Aviation and Flight Instructors (SAFE). It features near-real-time NWS weather, flight tracking, flight planning services, CFI endorsements and more. The app is free for […]
CFIs tell FAA: Policy change will hurt aviation safety
The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) have informed the FAA that an unexpected change in agency policy on Letters of Authorization (LOAs) for GA flight simulators will harm aviation safety, create a burden on the industry, and run counter to the intent of current LOAs. “The FAA should be encouraging better pilot training, […]
New paper provides suggestions to avoid inflight loss of control
A paper recently released by the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) reiterates that loss of control inflight (LOC-I) is the leading cause of fatal GA accidents and suggests ways pilots can prevent it. The paper, titled Maintaining Aircraft Control, is available free to the public in the SAFE Resource Center A study by […]