Flight Training

When you can say, “Been there, done that!”

No one denies the cost of learning to fly is high, even exorbitant to some. That’s why every opportunity for some additional financial support a new pilot can find is worthy of a closer look. The latest opportunity to feed your flight training bank account comes from the Regional Airline Association (RAA), the trade group […]

In 1948, living in New Jersey, I wanted very much to get into flying. My inquiries led me to Secaucus (now a metropolis in its own right, 10 minutes from New York City), where I found the Dawn Patrol seaplane base located on the Hackensack River. The owner-operator was a veteran Navy pilot, who just a […]

Nine proud alumni from Delaware State University call the flight deck of United Airlines aircraft home—and they were particularly happy to take part in a recent event celebrating the inclusion of their alma mater into a new program by the airline to work towards more diversity in its ranks. On April 15, Delaware State University […]

Like so many of the exhibitors at the 2021 Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo, King Schools delivered its latest updates to the aviation industry in a hybrid format making the most of the technology while giving a chance for in-person contact. The livestream briefing, led by King Schools CEO Barry Knuttila, broadcast the conference from […]

The US Air Force’s virtual summer camp, held in partnership with Air Force Aero Clubs, runs this summer from June 14 to 25. The camp offers an introduction to aviation and highlights opportunities for careers and leadership roles within the US Air Force and Space Force. But the deadline to complete the application for this […]

When Max Trescott, 2008 National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year, debuted his first book on then-new Garmin G1000 flight decks in 2006, the revolutionary glass cockpits were just gaining a foothold in the general aviation market. Now, roughly 15 years later, Trescott has built upon his expertise on the popular avionics just as Garmin […]

Michael Brown, a 23-year-old instrument and seaplane rated pilot from Tennessee, is the winner of this year’s Richard L. Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots for his story, “The Wrong Stuff.” A distinguished panel of judges selected Brown’s story as the entry that best answered this year’s writing prompt, “My most memorable or important flying […]

As part of the overhaul that the FAA’s pilot certificate testing system went through beginning in 2011, the agency has produced a regular update of several components of the system, and communicated those changes through its main training and testing page on the FAA website. A recent update that becomes active on March 29 includes […]

Redbird Flight Simulations yesterday released the results of its first industry-wide survey conducted with the support of its partners to better understand how the flight training industry is surviving in the age of COVID-19. The 78-page document—The State of Flight Training—represents the first comprehensive survey of people from all facets of the industry, including full-time […]