The Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame has released a 50th anniversary documentary about Emily Howell Warner who become the first female pilot hired by Frontier Airlines in 1973.
Aircraft
Clemens Aviation acquires Midwest Corporate Aviation
“Acquiring Midwest gives our company the infrastructure and advantage we need to better serve our customers,” said Dwayne Clemens, adding it also enables the company to focus on its main priorities, which include increasing transient FBO traffic and expanding the capabilities of its maintenance division.
Picture of the Day: Wedding departure
Jason McDuffee submitted this photo and note: “My wife and I departing after our wedding in our own Skylane.”
The powerful importance of scheduling well
A CFI is a service provider. We charge the customer a specified dollar amount for instruction. If the service is good, customers come back. If the service is lacking, customers tend to go elsewhere. And as service providers we win or lose based on the quality and timeliness of the service we provide.
First-ever Oklahoma Student Pilot Day held
On April 6, 2023, more than 400 students and educators made the journey to American Airlines Hangar 80 at Tulsa International Airport (KTUL) to attend the first-ever Oklahoma Student Pilot Day.
King Schools expands Cessna Flight Training System
The complete set of courses allows a flight school to develop a professional pilot program that will take a candidate all the way from zero hours to airline hire, King Schools officials noted.
Picture of the Day: End of the day
Chris Souchon submitted this photo and note: “A Piper PA31-325 CR in Lusaka, Zambia, back in the the hangar after a day’s flying up north and just in time to beat the storm on the way home.”
Human Factors: No gentleman
In a strange case of life imitating art, an Oregon pilot crashes into the ocean after learning he has Stage 4 cancer. Can we learn anything from this crash?
Tackling the pilot shortage
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has received a $485,000 FAA grant to tackle the shortage of employees in the aviation industry by providing free training to high school students hoping to become pilots, drone operators, and aerospace engineers.