John and Martha King, co-chairmen of King Schools, have updated the King Online Flight Instructor Refresher Course (FIRC) to include a new lesson on scenario-based training (SBT). “Scenario-based training is now part of the FAA Practical Test Standards, but most CFIs have not had training on how to incorporate scenarios in their lesson plans,” commented […]
Flight Training
Pipistrel launches Pipistrel Academy
Pipistrel has launched the Pipistrel Academy, aimed at all future Pipistrel owners or flight school students wanting to earn their pilot license on a Pipistrel aircraft. The Pipistrel Academy offers an online tool that interactively adapts to the student learning rate, according to company officials. The learning material provides an understanding of the flight theory […]
Cirrus debuts new training initiative
Cirrus Aircraft has introduced “Cirrus Approach” — a multi-year training initiative designed to enhance pilot safety and reduce the general aviation accident rate. “Our accident rate has historically been on par with the rest of the single engine general aviation industry, but that is not acceptable to us. We build our airplanes to be the […]
Winner of GMU Learn to Fly contest revealed
The winners of the Learn to Fly Contest sponsored by South Carolina’s Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), Airwolf Aviation, Greenville Jet Center and the Upstate Business Journal have been revealed. In its first year, the contest received more than 18,000 entries — but organizers note that about 15,000 of those entries were from one person, Wade […]
Flight school this summer at Pacific Aviation Museum
HONOLULU — Flight School for sixth to eighth grade students will be in session again this summer at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. The program introduces middle school students to the history and science of flight on three consecutive weekdays. Flight School for Girls will be held May 28~30, June 18~20, June 25~27, and July […]
Foundation names scholarship winners
The National Air Transportation Foundation (NATF) has named the winners of its Dan L. Meisinger Sr. Memorial Learn to Fly Scholarship and its Pioneers of Flight Scholarship. NATF annually awards academic and flight training scholarships to assist outstanding candidates in the pursuit of careers in aviation service businesses. Marcus Kaleb Phillips, a student at the […]
Protect yourself from ‘get-there-itis’
By BRENT OWENS It’s a fancy name for “get-there-itis” — plan continuation bias, which is an unconscious cognitive bias to continue the original plan in spite of changing conditions — and it can be deadly for general aviation pilots. Plan continuation bias was identified in a NASA Ames human factors study from 2004 which analyzed […]
Their favorite week of the year…
The folks at Calhoun Air Center in Texas have posted a video on their favorite week of the year…check it out here. WOAW 2013 from Jasmine Gordon on Vimeo.
Twin Commander owners go back to school
More than 120 Twin Commander owners, operators and factory and service center representatives went back to school recently to learn more about their Twin Commanders. “School” was the Twin Commander University, a biennial owner/operator conference that features educational seminars on flying, maintaining, and upgrading Twin Commanders. The campus for this year’s university – the 11th […]