Epic Flight Academy in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, has partnered with Purdue Global to offer an online bachelor’s degree in Aviation Management or Professional Flight through the Purdue Global Aviation Program.
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Epic Flight Academy opens satellite location at KTUS
Epic Flight Academy, which is based in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, has opened its third satellite flight school location in Tucson, Arizona.
Touching base with the brain trust
The very first NAFI Summit was a gathering of flight instructors, flight school owners, writers, content producers, and managers who all have at least one thing in common — a desire to improve the state of flight instruction for the throngs of students who are flocking to airports across the land.
Mental Math for Pilots updated
The book shares the “tricks of the trade” for the areas where pilots have traditionally needed to sharpen their mental math skills, such as fuel planning, temperature conversions, reciprocal headings, turn radius, crosswind components, time-speed-distance problems, calculating true airspeed, the 60-to-1 rule, and many others, company officials said.
New blog from Rich Stowell debuts
With a focus on stick and rudder issues, posts are geared toward flight instructors and low-time VFR pilots, according to Stowell.
Partnership aims to enhance safety in flight training
The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) has partnered with MyGoFlight|Flight Flix, a designer and manufacturer of aviator flight gear, including inflight camera equipment to offer discounts on inflight cameras to CFIs.
New online service matches CFIs and pilots
It’s a few hours after dinner and you’re planning your first cross-country flight as a newly minted private pilot. Wouldn’t it be comforting to go over the weather forecast or talk through the best way to navigate an unfamiliar busy airspace with a CFI? Now you can with InstaCFI.
Picture of the Day: Skitch’s solo cross country
Brody Howard submitted this photo and note: “This is my 17-year-old son returning from his solo short cross country. It was a beautiful day for flying in Minnesota and Iowa. Thanks to Jim, Johnny, and Jason at Accelerated Aviation at Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA) for taking on a young, aspiring pilot.”
Panicked student pilot crashes into fence
The student pilot’s failure to reduce power and apply sufficient braking after landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with objects and terrain.