OSHKOSH — Precision Flight Controls Booth is showing off the 2014 version of its DCX Flight Simulator this week at AirVenture. The DCX, FAA approved earlier this year as an AATD (Advanced Aviation Training Device), offers a newly enhanced ProMotion 3DOF Motion Platform and Dynamic Control Loading, along with many new features, according to company […]
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Next flight training experiment unveiled: The Redhawk
OSHKOSH — A consortium of companies has come together to test a new option in training aircraft: The Redhawk. The RedHawk is remanufactured from the bare metal of a Cessna 172, with each partner company bringing a component to the whole. These include: Continental‘s fully certified Centurion turbo-diesel engine burning 4.5 gallons per hour of […]
Wounded Marine receives first AOPA/Able Flight scholarship
The first recipient of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Able Flight Scholarship will be honored Tuesday at AirVenture. Marine Lt. Andrew Kinard (retired) is a Naval Academy graduate who had the option of becoming a Marine aviator in 2005, but chose to lead infantry instead. He had plans to follow his service in the […]
Congratulations Meg!
General Aviation New staff reporter Meg Godlewski, a five-time double Master CFI, recently renewed her Master CFI and Master GI accreditations. Meg is a flight and ground instructor with Safety In Motion Flight Center. Additionally, she teaches at Crest Airpark (S36) and serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA’s Seattle FSDO area. She first […]
WingX Pro7 Version 7.0 released
Hilton Software has released WingX Pro7 Version 7.0. The newest version of WingX Pro7 delivers the ability to graphically visualize both real-time and predictive weather information from Baron Services. It also adds the ability to view a route line and breadcrumb trail on approach charts and to view pitot-static information on its moving map when […]
Trim the cost of learning to fly
It has been said that copper wire was invented when two pilots found the same penny. We are a notoriously frugal bunch, due in part, no doubt, to the cost of our passion. But it is possible to cut costs when learning how to fly. Accelerated learning programs Stretching out the training process tends to […]
Independence Aviation teams with STEM Ventures
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Thanks to an aviation lab for sixth- through ninth-graders, 20 students from the South Metro Denver area are getting up-close-and-personal with the world of flight this week at Centennial Airport. The lab is a joint venture by Independence Aviation (IA), a flight school/flight services company based in Centennial Airport, and STEM Ventures, […]
Starr Aviation partners with SAFE on accident forgiveness
Starr Aviation, a division of Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., recently partnered with the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) and Redbird Flight Simulations to reward participation in the Pilot Proficiency Project. Available at major aviation events, the project offers a series of FAA WINGS-approved seminars and simulator training scenarios that address common causes […]
FlightSafety begins expansion of Teterboro facility
FlightSafety International held a ground breaking ceremony recently to commemorate the expansion and renovation of its Learning Center in Teterboro, New Jersey. The Learning Center will increase in size by 50% once the expansion and renovations have been completed. The facility will accommodate up to eight full flight simulators, and offer facilities for emergency training […]