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New GI Bill has Wings…Maybe

Earlier this month President Barack Obama signed the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 into law. For the first time since Vietnam, it will cover flight training under non-degree educational programs. Depending on the veteran...

Published Sun, Jan 23 2011 12:25 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Pilot Population, Military, Learn to Fly, GI Bill Flight Training
Ground School Delivers Consistent Quality

Ground school has been—and always will be—the most important part of learning to fly any aircraft. Whether it’s a Skyhawk with steam gauges or a glass-packed Skycatcher, the flying machine itself is just a training aid, the training tool where students...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 4:31 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, Learn to Fly, CFI, Private Pilot, Cessna Pilot Center, SkyCatcher, Skyhawk, flight instructors, King Schools, student pilots, Part 141 Training, Cessna Flight Training, Part 61 Training
Max Says "Learn to Fly" … Pass it on

For writers, any kind of writers, the big league means writing books. My first foray came 20 years ago when Tab Books - eventually absorbed into the McGraw Hill network - gave me a chance to write about something I held near and dear to my heart, and...

Published Sat, Mar 28 2009 10:26 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Jetwhine, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Learn to Fly, Private Pilot, Max Trescott on General Aviation, G1000 Glass Cockpit Handbook, professional pilot, The Joy of Flying
Flying Snoopy’s New Airship

Finally, a topic I know almost nothing about … flying a blimp, or as it is more commonly known in FAA language, an airship. This well-produced short video tour and introductory flying lesson of the newest of the MetLife airships , the Snoopy 3,...

Published Fri, Aug 22 2008 3:19 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, air travel, Light sport aircraft, Learn to Fly, Snoopy, MetLife, blimp
Cessna Pilot Centers May be GA’s Last Hope for Reversing Pilot Population Decline

Reversing the decline of the pilot population “is the most important thing we are addressing,” says Cessna Pilot Center Manager Julie Boatman. “We have several things in development that I’m not quite ready to talk about yet,”...

Published Thu, May 22 2008 1:09 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Pilot Population, Sport Pilot, Learn to Fly, Cessna Pilot Center, General Aviation
General Aviation Won’t Find Future Pilots in Rear View Mirror

Pilots are a population in decline. We are getting old and resting our wings, and it saddens me no end to watch the industry trawl yesterday’s fishing grounds for tomorrow’s pilots, most of whom have moved on to places unknown. It’s...

Published Thu, May 15 2008 1:36 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, sport aviation, Pilot Population, Flight School, Learn to Fly, Pilot Recruiting, Student Starts, CFIs, Be A Pilot
Ercoupe is Affordable Solution to School’s Sport Pilot Needs

News that a flight school now offers sport pilot training is quick to catch my eye. The March 2008 the Oklahoma Aviator reported that Oklahoma’s Chickasha Wings Inc. had added an Ercoupe 415-C to its fleet, which also includes two Cessna 150s, a...

Published Thu, Mar 27 2008 1:18 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Sport Pilot, Checkride, Oklahoma Aviator, Chickasha Wings, Learn to Fly, Ercoupe

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New GI Bill has Wings…Maybe

Ground School Delivers Consistent Quality

Max Says "Learn to Fly" … Pass it on

Flying Snoopy’s New Airship

Cessna Pilot Centers May be GA’s Last Hope for Reversing Pilot Population Decline

General Aviation Won’t Find Future Pilots in Rear View Mirror

Ercoupe is Affordable Solution to School’s Sport Pilot Needs