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Advances in technologies and regulations mean the best mix of airplanes, simulators and other resources also is changing and will enhance your training. In recent years, the general aviation community has complained our activity has grown too complicated and, as a result, applicants for the private pilot certificate now average about 70 or so hours […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Galaxy Aviation at Northeast Florida Regional Airport (KSGJ) St. Augustine, Florida. AVweb reader David Singleton recently had a great experience at Galaxy, which he shared with us: The Beech Aero Club held a three-day event on December 7, 8, […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Wright Brothers Aviation at Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE) in Mitchell, South Dakota. A few weeks back, AVweb reader Dr. Steve P. Schoettle knocked us out with his story of WBA’s outstanding devotion to service: Service above and beyond […]
We are all, I suppose, victims of our own obsessions and one of mine is the notion that among the many things we don’t teach well in aviation is risk assessment. That’s not risk management, mind you, which I view as an overused buzz word, but rather a realistic grasp of what’s most likely to […]
“Kick the tires, light the fires.” So goes a popular, flippant saying about preflight inspections. Most of the time, that’s what we and various accident reports would label an “inadequate preflight inspection.” Sometimes-immediately after stopping long enough to drop off or load a passenger, for example-it might be adequate. After all, we just flew it […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Chesapeake Aviation Services at Lee Airport (KANP) in Edgewater, Maryland. AVweb reader Steven Oxman recommended the FBO: Chesapeake takes care of aircraft problems in the shortest time I have ever seen. Keep those nominations coming. For complete contest rules, […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Cook Aviation at Monroe County Airport (KBMG) in Bloomington, Indiana. AVweb reader Paul Johnson told us about Cook recently and how they’ve worked with him to make some memorable visits: As a student pilot, I’ve had the pleasure of […]
Congress has mandated a 1,500 hour minimum flight time requirement for scheduled air carriers next summer, and unless FAA regulations come along to supersede it the “impending pilot shortage” that even the general media has latched on to could become a reality sooner than later. When regulation outpaces thinking, and policy is made without concern […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to a location that, according to reader John Brier, has had a fresh infusion of inspiration recently – the city-run FBO at Robert LaFleur Airport (KWVL) in Waterville, Maine: This airport was on the verge of being closed. The […]
Simulators can affect the time and cost of flight training, and the pace of technology makes it easier than ever to access them, but if you listen to Frasca — which has more than 50 years of experience in the simulator business — access shouldn’t be the only concern. Frasca has been in business since […]
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