Flight Schools

There are a few moments in life that are truly memorable. It might be the day you held your first driver’s license, a crazy party to celebrate your 21st birthday, your very first kiss or the birth of a child. For most pilots, the first flight lesson is an experience that will trigger the limbic […]

Learning to fly most any aircraft requires you to work one-on-one with a professional pilot called a certificated flight instructor—which refers to the FAA credentials that this person must hold. You may have worked closely with an instructor when you learned to drive, scuba dive, ride a horse or any number of similar activities, so […]

ATP Flight School has opened a new advanced pilot training center at the Arlington Municipal Airport (KGKY) in Arlington, Texas, adding to their 30-year history of training pilots in the Dallas area. The new 13,875 square-foot facility has been designed to address the need for airline pilots in the future as the industry rebounds from […]

Recognized as one of the premier flight programs in the nation, AeroGuard Flight Training Center offers professional, accelerated pilot training for individuals ready to launch their careers as commercial airline pilots, no experience required. AeroGuard offers coast-to-coast flight training at five locations, originating in Arizona and expanding into California, Texas and most recently, Florida. Since […]

The stay-at-home and social-distancing orders associated with the COVID-19 outbreak that have been issued by many states and local municipalities have had a major impact on flight training providers, both short term and potentially long term. Flight training providers are feeling pressure from local and state authorities all around the country—so what is an instructor […]

Aviation Academy of America delivers first class flight training at two campuses; one located in New Braunfels and one in Houston. Our team of highly qualified flight instructors is here to help you every step of the way. You’ll start the process by filling out the info request form so our admissions officer can answer […]

After graduation from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, student Robin Spaulding hopes to use her skills as a pilot to make a positive difference in the world. She’s already a dedicated member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Women in Aviation, and a pilot passionate about aviation safety. Spaulding survived a September […]

Finding the right flight school is one key to ensuring that your flight training is a success. You need to know what your goal is before you start, and a few common elements apply to your decision, no matter what that goal is. A flight school (otherwise known as an aviation training organization, or ATO) […]

Piper Aircraft believes its new Pilot 100 and Pilot 100i trainers will deliver desperately needed solutions to a flight-training industry struggling to meet the demands of the worldwide pilot shortage. Announced at April’s Sun ‘n Fun show in Lakeland, Florida, the Piper Pilot 100 will be delivered with a Garmin G3X Touch Certified avionics system […]

In 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed in the Buffalo, New York, metropolitan area, killing all 49 passengers and crewmembers on board and one person inside the house into which the Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 crashed. The extensive post-crash investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board found that the pilots were completely at fault. The captain […]