{"id":20568,"date":"2022-01-12T00:13:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20568"},"modified":"2022-01-12T00:14:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:14:00","slug":"lift-academy-adds-stanly-county-airport-as-winter-satellite-location-for-flight-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/lift-academy-adds-stanly-county-airport-as-winter-satellite-location-for-flight-training\/%20","title":{"rendered":"LIFT Academy Adds Stanly County Airport as Winter Satellite Location for Flight Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As winter weather rolls into the Midwest, LIFT (Leadership\nIn Flight Training) Academy, based in Indianapolis, began its winter flight\ntraining operations at Stanly County Airport in Albemarle, North Carolina, to\ngive its students not only a warm weather environment conducive for visual\nflight rules but also an opportunity to train in different topography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LIFT, which operates a fleet of 40 Diamond DA40-NG and 5\nDA42-VI aircraft, is staging up to 15 planes at Stanly County Airport, and over\nthe course of December, January and February, LIFT anticipates that over 100\nflight students will benefit from the relocated winter flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have had incredible success in our mission to prepare\nairline-ready pilots in our home location at Indianapolis International\nAirport. Adding Stanly County Airport provides operational relief with more\nreliable winter weather so our students\u2019 accelerated training program can\ncontinue uninterrupted in the harshest winter months,\u201d Ed Bagden, Director of\nLIFT Operations and Academic Programs, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeyond the weather, Stanly County Airport was attractive\nfor our operations due to their facilities, infrastructure and welcoming staff\nwho worked with us as we met the FAA requirements to establish the satellite\nlocation,\u201d Bagden added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Through the winter, LIFT students operate training flights\nin and out of Stanly County Airport with landings and lessons also taking place\nat 25 additional airports across the southeastern United States. Lessons range\nfrom private pilot instruction to commercial training. LIFT maintenance members\nare on-site to provide routine service to the fleet of airplanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to have LIFT at Stanly County Airport.\nAviation has a rich history here in North Carolina, and to host one of the\npremier flight programs in the country is a testament to more than just our\nweather,\u201d Ken Swaringen, Stanly County Airport Director, commented. \u201cWe\u2019re\nexcited to see LIFT take off in Stanly County.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After extensive research, Stanly County Airport was selected\nfrom a list of hundreds of airports across the southeastern United States with\nconsideration given to climate, facilities and infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As winter weather rolls into the Midwest, LIFT (Leadership In Flight Training) Academy, based in Indianapolis, began its winter flight training operations at Stanly County Airport in Albemarle, North Carolina, to give its students not only a warm weather environment conducive for visual flight rules but also an opportunity to train in different topography. LIFT, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20572,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568\/revisions\/20572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}