Learn to Fly

Q: I’m 83 years old and in good health. Is it too late for me to learn to fly? I took some lessons many years ago in a Cessna 150. A: No, it isn’t too late.  Although there is a minimum age limit for solo flight (14 years old for gliders and balloons, and 16 […]

Student pilots are taught about proper leaning technique, but how does it really work?

One quick way to improve the quality of your flight training is to acquire a copy of the airman certification standards (ACS) for the certificate you seek and measure yourself against the metrics provided. When you are beginning your aviation journey, you don’t know what you don’t know—the ACS is a means of determining what […]

Initiative will begin later this year with six schools.

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FlightSafety International announced on Tuesday that it has made an investment in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) that includes naming rights to SAFECON National Championship. This commitment will coin the NIFA championship “The SAFECON National Championship Powered by Flightsafety.”  Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Both NIFA and FlightSafety have a long history […]

United Airlines’ flight school, United Aviate Academy, announced Tuesday that it will use Frasca simulators in its training program.  Seven simulators have been ordered:  Five single-engine Cirrus SR20 AATDs Two multiengine Piper Seminole AATDs  Five of the simulators will be equipped with 220-degree wraparound visual displays.  Bryan Quigley, senior vice president for United Airlines Flight […]

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a month-long series to mark Women’s History Month: March 1: Pioneers of Women’s Aviation | March 2: Carole Hopson | March 4: Martha King | March 8: Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance | March 11: The Air Race Classic | March 15: Sisters of the Skies | March 18: Women in […]

In conjunction with Waco Regional Airport and an NTSB investigator, students could soon have the opportunity to study real-life aviation accidents up close.