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Stanton joins NAFI at the retirement of long-time Director\nof Publications and Editor David Hipschman. She will oversee the publication of\nNAFI\u2019s weekly e-newsletter, eMentor, and its bi-monthly Mentor magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLeaving NAFI after more than 11 years is an emotional\nmoment,\u201d Hipschman said. \u201cHaving introduced my old friend Beth to the NAFI\nBoard and seeing the synergy erupt, I know NAFI members will be in fantastic\neditorial hands going forward. I\u2019m grateful to the three separate board chairs\nI\u2019ve had the pleasure of working with over the years and especially grateful to\nthe members who have been generous with the stories they\u2019ve submitted and the\nadvice they\u2019ve shared.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the transition from Hipschman, 69, Stanton said: \u201cDavid\nhas been a sage mentor to me these past months. It\u2019s been an honor to work with\nthe master.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stanton said her life took a turn after she earned her\nprivate pilot certificate in 2011. Facing her fear of spins, she sought unusual\nattitude training three weeks after her checkride and inadvertently discovered\nthe thrill of aerobatics. She flew competition aerobatics for seven years,\nwinning state, regional and western U.S. championships. She has served as\npresident and a director of the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) Northern\nCalifornia Chapter 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stanton has conducted FAAST safety seminars promoting\nunusual attitudes and spin recovery training. She has spoken on topics ranging\nfrom risk-taking to goal achievement for aviation and women\u2019s civic\norganizations around the country and has served as a panelist and mentor at San\nFrancisco Bay Area Women of Aviation Week events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stanton writes feature articles for various aviation\npublications and is the innovation columnist for EAA Sport Aviation magazine.\nHer editorial experience encompasses manuscripts, magazines, speechwriting, and\nnewsletters. She is the creator and host of the Badass Pilot Babes podcast,\nwhich celebrates the multifaceted work and play of female aviators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to flying high-performance tailwheel aircraft,\nStanton is a Part 107 drone pilot and has flown helicopters, seaplanes,\naerobatic gliders, balloons, an electric airplane, and was a test pilot for an\nelectric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle prototype. Other aviation\nadventures include air show announcing and crewing in the Biplane Class at the\nReno National Championship Air Races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRetiring editor David Hipschman is a colleague and true\nfriend of NAFI and the industry,\u201d NAFI President Paul Preidecker said. \u201cHis\ncontributions and guidance over the years have been instrumental in our\nsuccess. Now we are so very fortunate to welcome Beth Stanton to the team. Her\ninvolvement and passion for all things aviation will help ensure we continue to\nprovide relevant editorial content to our growing membership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing experience to work with a group of such\ndedicated professionals,\u201d Stanton said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to unleashing my\ncreative energy in service of the flight training community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) announced the appointment of its new Director of Publications and Editor, Beth Stanton. Stanton is an author, editor, aerobatic pilot, and aviation journalist. Stanton joins NAFI at the retirement of long-time Director of Publications and Editor David Hipschman. She will oversee the publication of NAFI\u2019s weekly e-newsletter, eMentor, […]<\/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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22640","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=22640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22642,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22640\/revisions\/22642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}