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GAMA awards scholarships

Posted on May 14th, 2013 by

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has revealed the winners of two scholarships awarded annually to students who have excelled in or are pursuing aviation studies. Please share: Continue Reading →

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Learning to ‘wear’ the airplane

Posted on May 12th, 2013 by

After 10 years as a CFI in Alaska, Drew Haag of Above Alaska Aviation has this advice for pilots looking to take that trip of a lifetime: Get some training while you are visiting “The Last Frontier.” Continue Reading →

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EAA Chapter 640 donates funds for new scholarship

Posted on May 12th, 2013 by

EAA Chapter 640 in Wausau, Wis., has donated $10,000 to the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame to establish a new scholarship fund for aviation/aerospace students from Wisconsin. Continue Reading →

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WINGsRealityEDU launches online flight review ground school

Posted on May 9th, 2013 by

WINGsRealityEDU has launched a new Online Flight Review Ground School. Continue Reading →

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New members named to NAFI board

Posted on May 9th, 2013 by

Illinois businessman Rick Todd and Congressman Sam Graves have joined the board of directors of the National Association of Flight Instructors. Continue Reading →

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Sonex offers T-Flight Transition Training Program

Posted on May 8th, 2013 by

Sonex Aircraft has launched the new T-Flight Transition Training Program, offering type-specific transition flight training for the Sonex line of aircraft. Continue Reading →

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Take off with X-Plane

Posted on May 7th, 2013 by

As a college student, Austin Meyer was finding it difficult to keep up his instrument currency. Like so many pilots at the time, he was using Microsoft Flight Sim, but “I wasn’t happy with its flexibility,” he recalled. “I was... Continue Reading →

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Flying Grandma

Posted on May 1st, 2013 by

By J. DOUGLAS HINTON While there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of grandmothers flying through the ether in America, how many would you guess took up flight instruction at the age of 55? Meet Leah Dunn of Panama City,... Continue Reading →

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Flight delay

Posted on April 30th, 2013 by

By RAEANN SLAYBAUGH More than 60 years elapsed before 87-year-old Karl Klingelhofer of Tucson, Ariz., revisited his love of aviation and earned his sport pilot’s license. Continue Reading →

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Kitson wins First-to-Solo challenge

Posted on April 30th, 2013 by

During the 2013 Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week — March 4-10 — that attracted more than 17,000 girls and women to air and space facilities across four continents, pilots flew balloons, ultralights, airplanes, seaplanes, and helicopters to introduce 5,316 girls... Continue Reading →