Contests

In recognition of March as Women’s History Month, United Airlines launched a first-of-its-kind contest to identify and lift up under-represented women artists. Supporting the contest, United said, “According to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 51 percent of today’s artists are women, but less than 13 percent of art on display in museums […]

Members of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) and the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) got some well-deserved funding to help further their endeavors in making pilots safer. Ten flight instructors received anywhere from $500 to $1,500 as part of the Paul and Fran Burger $10,000 WINGS Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes was conceived […]

In our latest video in our Jobs in Aviation series, McDermott & Bull CEO Rod McDermott discusses how to attract the right employees to an aviation organization with Gogo Business Aviation President Sergio Aguirre at NBAA 2018. Gogo has grown from a small startup with just a handful of employees to one of the most […]

Pilots can still register for Jeppesen and AOPA’s Captain Jepp Challenge for a chance to sharpen their aviation knowledge and enter to win a free trip to EAA Airventure 2017. By attending free in-person or online educational courses, forums and seminars, participants earn points for prize drawings, including $250 MyGoFlight gift cards and the grand […]

An aviation experience of a lifetime is in the cards for the winner of the ACEMaker Raffle, which supports STEM education at Sun ‘n Fun’s Aviation Center for Excellence (ACE). Stallion 51 and Experience Kissimmee have put together a stellar package, which includes an all-expenses-paid trip to Florida for the 2017 Sun ‘n Fun International […]

Cash prizes have been big motivators in aviation. The first flights across the Atlantic, the first man-powered flight, the first flight into space by a nongovernmental program — to name a few — were brought about, or at the very least hurried along, by the lure of a big payday. Not to say that honor […]

AOPA’s Mark Baker held a town hall meeting at the Sun ‘n Fun campus yesterday, announcing the industry organization’s plan to bring more people into flying and keep pilots flying. One of the biggest initiatives on the slate is increasing the number of active flying clubs. Baker referred to flying clubs as “the future of […]

• Garmin VIRB Action Camera (February 2015) _ Joel Jungemann, Alaska_ • Garmin VIRB Action Camera and D2 Pilot Watch (September 2014) Darin Scheer, Wyoming • “Aircraft: The Definitive Visual History” Book (April 2013) Erik Heggland, Idaho Jason Shumway, California • Top Gun Blu-ray DVD (February 2013) Donald Bowsher, Nevada John Rose, Connecticut Stan Greenspan, […]