The odds are good you’ve never heard of Lon Cooper. There’s no reason you would have, really. But you should have. We all should have. At least we should have if life is fair, which it is not. So working on the theory that being late is better than nothing, allow me to make the […]
Flight Training
Jerry Trimble Helicopters opens Texas base
SMITHVILLE, Texas — Jerry Trimble Helicopters (JTH) recently positioned an R-22 at the airport in Smithville, Texas (84R), for flight training and scenic flights of the Colorado River. Smithville is located an hour’s drive southeast of Austin or 2 hours northwest of Houston. Out of town students can fly into either airport. JTH will pick […]
IMC Radio hosts exclusive interview with Jason Blair
This week on IMC Radio’s “Plane Talk” hosts Derek Lagasse, Jon King Roberts, and Dave Bashy will interview Jason Blair, who just resigned as executive director of the National Association Of Flight Instructors. Leaving NAFI was a difficult decision, Jason Blair said in a prepared statement, “because I’ve invested my heart and soul in its […]
NAFI Executive Director steps down
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Citing economic issues, the National Association of Flight Instructors’ Executive Director Jason Blair has resigned the position he has held since May 2008. In a prepared statement, NAFI officials note that “Like the rest of the aviation industry, difficult economic times have challenged NAFI. In the past two years NAFI has restructured […]
DHS-ICE and Foreign Student Flight Training
By DAVE HOOK. When it comes to teaching students from other countries to fly, it’s no longer good enough to be a Part 61 flight school or an independent flight instructor. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement. If you’re just as shocked as I was to learn this, […]
‘Teaching the Aviators Model Code of Conduct to Kids’ released
Teaching the Aviators Model Code of Conduct to Kids, an abridged and simplified explanation of the Aviators Model Code of Conduct (AMCC), has been released. Written for use in the classroom with language appropriate for children, the document exposes young students to important values shared by safe and successful aviators. Judith A. “Captain Judy” Rice, […]
Top 10 tips to improve your flying club
Adam Smith, Senior Vice President of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Center to Advance the Pilot Community, will join other flying club experts Wednesday, Jan. 9, in a webinar to share tips and tactics to improving your flying club. Click here to find out more and register.
The Racing Aces award scholarship
PORT LAVACA, Texas — The 2012 Air Race Classic Champions, Dianna Stanger and Victoria Holt, also known as The Racing Aces, have bestowed a $5,000 flight training scholarship on Whitney Brouwer made up of their winning purse and sponsorship money from the race. According to the FAA, females comprise just 7% of all pilots, a […]
Sporty’s trends for 2012
Every year, Sporty’s President Michael Wolf puts together a rundown of the trends of the year. “These trends can give us clues of what’s in store for the year to come,” he says. But before he talks about trends, he talks about the iPad: “We are going to take iPads out of the trend column […]