The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) recognizes the correlation between hard work and skill required by both learning to fly and learning music — practice, precision, working with others, multitasking, and ultimately performance — and to that end, has opened the floor to nominations for the ninth year to passionate student musicians for the 2023 FMA […]
Aviation Education
Challenger Center and AIAA Open Nominations for 2023 Trailblazing STEM Educator Award
Challenger Center and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced they are accepting nominations for the 2023 Trailblazing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Educator Award. The annual award celebrates K-12 teachers going above and beyond to inspire the next generation of explorers and innovators. Nominations can be submitted to aiaa.org/TrailblazingSTEMEducatorAward through December […]
Aspen Flight Academy Special Event Raises Funds and Scholarships for Unique High School Aviation Program
The Aspen Flight Academy hosted its annual fundraising event at the Atlantic Aviation FBO hangar on Saturday, Oct. 1. The event showcased Aspen Flight Academy’s (AFA) latest in technology and flight training while enjoying food, live music, airplane displays, plane rides, as well as on-site conversations with industry representatives, and AFA students and instructors. Founded […]
AOPA’s Air Safety Institute Releases 32nd Joseph T. Nall Report
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI) has released its 32nd edition of the Joseph T. Nall Report, which covers calendar year 2020. The report’s digital platform provides near real-time accident data that are updated on a rolling 30-day cycle, accelerating the analysis process, and allowing for the most current snapshot of […]
Leading Edge Flight Academy Partners with Ravn Alaska to Offer Pilots a More Direct – and More Affordable – Path to the Airlines
The financial investment required to become a professional pilot is a hurdle for many aspiring pilots. Additionally, the U.S. is facing a national pilot shortage caused by a training and hiring slowdown from the pandemic and a wave of early retirements. To support the long-term career success of pilot candidates and to help address the […]
Cooking Lake Aviation Acquires ALSIM ALX Simulator
ALSIM has announced that Cooking Lake Aviation, based in Edmonton, Canada, has bought an ALSIM ALX simulator. The ALSIM ALX provides up to 4 classes of aircraft–from single-engine piston, twin engine piston, twin turbine up to medium category twin jet. The device is designed and approved for ATPL, CPL, MCC in compliance with all current […]
South Carolina Aviation Association Awards Five Scholarships
South Carolina Aviation Association (SCAA) has awarded five scholarships to South Carolinians pursuing careers in the aviation industry. The five winners, Emily Apostolico, Emily Nasto, Peter O’Connor, Solomon Vang, and Hiram Varner, each received a $1,000 award. About the Scholarship Winners: Emily Apostolico, of Charleston, is pursuing a private pilot license. A high school senior […]
North Texas Job Corps and US Aviation Academy Launch New Training Program
The U.S. Department of Labor’s North Texas Job Corps Center will partner with US Aviation Academy to train the next generation of aviation maintenance technicians via a new program. The North Texas Job Corps Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics Advanced Training Program offers free training to income-eligible Texas residents ages 18–24 who have completed a foundational […]
Oklahoma Aeronautics Lands National Award for Aero Education Program
Photo above – Representing the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission were, from left, Grayson Ardies, State Director of Aeronautics, Michelle Bouziden, Grants Administrator, Paula Kedy, Aerospace and Aviation Education Coordinator, Nick Young, Airports Division Manager, and Kelly Fincannon, Chief Airport Engineer. Because of its work in the development of a unique aero education program, the Oklahoma Aeronautics […]
Newly Minted Missouri Flight School Chooses Guimbal Cabri G2
Charles Beesley and his family has announced the Guimbal Cabri G2 as the primary training platform for Icarus Aviation located at Warsaw Municipal Airport in Missouri. According to Beesley, founder and owner of Icarus, “the initial focus of Icarus will be helicopter flight training, but we plan to become an aviation academy with fixed wing […]
