“We sell fun,” says Helen Woods, manager of Chesapeake Sport Pilot in Stevensville, Md., a flight school specializing in Light-Sport Aircraft and recognized by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) as one of the 50 best flight schools in the nation. The school operates a fleet of European-made LSAs, but being located next to […]
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University of Alaska receives its first Tecnam P2006T Twin
Tecnam recently delivered a new Tecnam 2006T Twin form its Sebring, Florida, showroom and delivery center to the University of Alaska’s Aviation Technology Division, a journey of more than 4,000 miles. Ashley Burrill, Flight Operations General Manager for the University of Alaska, accompanied by Graham Frye, the Flight School Manager of Heart of Virginia Aviation, […]
Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School offers Confidence Course
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida — The Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School now offers its Confidence Course for a holiday special price of $795. One of the school’s CFIs will dedicate the entire day, one on one, teaching and reviewing airmanship, upset training, spins, and basic aerobatics, in a Super Decathlon. The Confidence Course is designed for all […]
Hillsboro Aviation sells flight school
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Hillsboro Aviation has sold one of its three core business groups, the flight training division, to Renovus Capital Partners and Graycliff Partners. Hillsboro Aviation will continue to operate its charter and sales and service divisions with a focus on charter services, aircraft sales, MRO, avionics services and parts sales. This next chapter […]
Zulu Flight Training launches in Europe
Continental Motors Group has opened Zulu Flight Training in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the second location and first international location for Zulu, a dual-site flight training school with a simulator based curriculum. Continental has operated its prototype site at a mall in Spanish Fort, Alabama, for two years. Zulu-Geneva includes a simulator training center with aviation/pilot store in […]
RedBird Migration inspires a new way of thinking
By JIM CAVANAGH The fourth annual RedBird Migration Flight Training Industry and Design Conference was a success no matter how you look at it. Held in late October at Redbird SkyPort at San Marcos Municipal Airport (KHYI) in Texas, the weather was beautiful, the speakers inspirational, and the crowd receptive to what can only be […]
MZero Aviation: A new kind of online ground school
You may know someone who attempted to do private pilot ground school online. The courses often consist of reading pages of material, followed by quizzes to see if you learned the material. It can be a challenge to stay motivated and it’s not unusual for student pilots to give up. It happens at brick and […]
Eat Sleep Fly
Mark Robinson, the Chief Instructor Pilot of Revolution Aviation, was a particularly happy man Aug. 12 because his business was celebrating one year of operation — and oh, what a year it has been. Robinson is the founder of Revolution Aviation, located at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, California, approximately 20 nautical miles […]
Crosswind Concepts launches Stick-n-Rudder Ground School
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Crosswind Concepts, an aviation training center based at Centennial Airport, has launched its “Stick-n-Rudder Ground School” educational offering to pilots. “While pilots walk away from our seminars and the ground portion of our Maximum Demonstrated Crosswind training session much more knowledgeable, the more time you spend understanding crosswinds in aviation, the more confident […]