New startup venture AceCFI recently received FAA approval to conduct an online Flight Instructor Refresher Course. The course costs $99.95. However, after completing the course, flight instructors can return year-after-year and retake the course for free. Considering that an average flying career can last anywhere between 20 to 40 years, this course has the potential […]
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MIT, Harvard offer free online aviation courses
If you’re interested in airplanes and wish you knew more about aerodynamics — or air traffic control, space policy, satellite engineering or airline management — you can study all of those topics and more, for free, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, via the university’s OpenCourseware website, according to a post at AVweb. A bit intimidated? […]
Would you fly more if avgas was $1 a gallon?
How does fuel price really influence general aviation? This October, a group of companies will use the Skyport aviation laboratory, in San Marcos, Texas, to find out by selling avgas for $1 a gallon. “This experiment isn’t about the cost of avgas,” says Jeff Van West, director of Redbird Media, and spokesman for the experiment. […]
Airline cockpit still a dream for many
The cockpit of a Part 121 airline is still the dream of many pilots. However, following the Colgan Airlines accident in 2009, Congress passed a law requiring all airline pilots hold an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate. That certificate requires a minimum of 1,500 flight hours and 23 years of age. A trio of universities, […]
FlyRight King Air 350 simulator certified
CONCORD, N.C. — FlyRight recently received FAA Level-D certification of its new King Air 350 ProLine21 simulator. The simulator, built by Opinicus, further expands FlyRight’s training for the Beechcraft King Air series of aircraft, according to company officials. “With the addition of the new King Air 350 simulator we are now able to expand our […]
Pan Am International Flight Academy purchased by All Nippon Airways
Pan Am International Flight Academy has been purchased by ANA Holdings, the parent company of All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. Former owner, American Capital, Ltd., had held Pan Am in its portfolio since 2006. Pan Am is one of the world’s largest independent providers of flight simulation and aviation training services and has the second […]
Pan Am International Flight Academy launches new training website
Pan Am International Flight Academy has launched its new Pilot Training website. The company recently re-entered Ab Initio (“from the beginning…”) training after a five-year hiatus with the acquisition of the former Airline Career Academy (ACA) earlier this year. Pan Am‘s Senior Director of Sales & Marketing, Gregory Darrow states: “We are excited to be […]
Air Safety Institute receives ‘Champion of Public Benefit Flying’ award
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation’s Air Safety Institute has been named a joint recipient of the 2013 Champion of Public Benefit Flying Award presented by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) in partnership with the Air Care Alliance, a nationwide league of humanitarian flying organizations. The institute’s new online course, “Public Benefit Flying: […]
16-year-old solos 10 airplanes in one day, sets world record
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Nathan “Nate” Bruss turned 16 years old on Friday, August 16. He celebrated by soloing 10 different aircraft from Flying Cloud Airport. “The day went great,” said Nate Bruss via email. “The wind picked up towards the afternoon and I had a 5 kt crosswind component, but it was within my […]