The Chamber of Commerce for the City of Santa Paula, Calif., recently named CP Aviation, Inc. its 2011 Business of the Year. Presented annually since 1983, CP Aviation is only the second airport business in Santa Paula to receive such recognition. The flight school will be honored at an awards luncheon on Feb. 7. Started […]
Flight Training
AOPA launches effort to boost flight training excellence
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Craig L. Fuller recently unveiled a new initiative designed to encourage best practices and recognize flight training providers who put those practices to work every day through the AOPA Flight Training Excellence Awards. The awards will be given annually to flight schools and individual flight training professionals. They are […]
Three chosen for scholarships
Three recipients have been selected by the Alaska Air Carriers Association for the 2012 Forrest Jones Memorial Scholarships. This years’ recipients each exemplify the attitude and commitment which the Forrest Jones Memorial Scholarship seeks to perpetuate in Alaska aviation, according to AACA officials. Each have been awarded a $3,000 scholarship. They will receive the awards […]
FlightSafety promotes Sammur to director of engineering
FlightSafety International has promoted Dr. Nidal Sammur to Director of Engineering for the company’s simulation facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. “Nidal has made many significant contributions to the design, manufacture and support of FlightSafety’s advanced technology flight simulation equipment over the past 20 years,” said Rick Armstrong, Vice President, Simulation. “His experience and expertise in […]
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 […]
Embry-Riddle offers short courses in aviation safety
The Professional Programs Office of the College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will host several five-day Center for Aerospace Safety/Security Education (CASE) short courses that combine information on safety, security, human factors and aircraft accident investigation. Participants may elect to take courses independently or to complete the three courses marked with an asterisk to […]
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 […]
King Air 350 Pro Line 21 sim approved
CAE has received FAA Level D regulatory approval for its Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350 Pro Line 21 full-flight simulator (FFS) recently installed at CAE SimuFlite, at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). The CAE 5000 Series FFS features the latest generation CAE TroposTM-6000 image generators, more than 200 CAE TrueTM Airport databases, and a […]
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 […]