WMU adds more Mooneys
Western Michigan University has taken delivery of two more Mooney M20R Ovations. WMU operates three other M20Rs as high-performance complex trainers at its Battle Creek, Michigan, facility. All WMU Ovations are equipped with EFIS to provide a modern training environment for its students. The university also uses the aircraft in its International Pilot Training Centre, a subsidiary of the school.
Texas school opens new training facility
Tyler International School of Aviation recently opened its new 15,600 square foot flight training facility at Pounds Field in Tyler, Texas. The school offers professional flight training programs, including private through ATP and numerous First Officer Programs, and financial aid for all programs. For further information, visit Tyler's Web site, www.tyleraviation.com, or call 800/743-8058.
Comair training director earns MCFI
Steven Eric Moore, the director of flight training for Comair Aviation Academy, has earned the designation of "Master Certificated Flight Instructor" from the National Association of Flight Instructors. Moore is one of about 40 flight instructors to receive the designation since its inception this year.
MCFI is a voluntary accreditation program for professional CFIs that indicates extensive teaching and service experience and innovation. Moore is responsible for the Comair Communications Standardization Manual, which assists pilots in improving their radio and cockpit communication skills. He is founder and current president of the Florida Association of Flight Instructors, and, as such, sponsors the Chief Pilot Forum, a gathering of chief instructors from flying schools throughout the Orlando FSDO area. Moore was named CFI of the Year for the Orlando FSDO in 1996.
Le Tourneau acquires new Skyhawks
Le Tourneau University, a college in Longview, Texas, has purchased five new Cessna 172 Skyhawks for its training fleet. The university estimates that each of the new aircraft will fly about 1,300 hours per year.
New Haven offer master's degree
The University of New Haven, a four-year university in West Haven, Connecticut, now offers a master's degree in aviation science, with concentrations in management or technology. With the new degree, New Haven becomes one of nine American universities to offer a master's degree in aviation. New Haven designed the degree to provide the aviation and aerospace professional with additional solutions to managerial, technological, and organizational challenges of the 21st Century. Degree candidates can augment the program to include professional flight training. For more information, call 203/932-7472.
Air Safety expands programs
Air Safety International, a professional pilot training academy in Vero Beach, Florida, has gained British CAA approval for its training program, purchased two new flight simulators, and expanded its training program. The new CAA program makes Air Safety one of four U.S. flight training organizations that can offer a British pilot certificate or rating. The program will use CAA-certificated instructors and examiners.
The new simulators will support the Academy's high-end training. One is a full-motion Level A Boeing 727 simulator, which will be used to train students for their flight engineer certificates. The other is a Level 6 flight training device that replicates a multiengine Piper Seminole. The Academy will use it for ab initio and bridge/flight engineer training.
Air Safety also has signed a consulting agreement with American Airlines to help it get its Part 142 Training Center designation, and it signed a partnership agreement recently with Lockheed Martin to train military and civilian flight crews. For more information about the academy, call 800/348-5209.
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