Nate Foster took his checkride on a sweltering hot Thursday in August. Three days later, he took off from a Maryland airport in a 1975 Piper Super Cub and flew it to California. Foster, a high-school senior, completed the trip in the airplane that he helped to restore. Working with Andrew McFall, an A&P mechanic, Foster helped to re-cover the airplane’s wings, put in new upholstery, overhaul the engine, update the panel, and install vortex generators. He said he had been inspired to plan the trip after reading Rinker Buck’s Flight of Passage. Buck’s autobiography describes a 1966 journey with his 17-year-old brother Kernahan, in which they flew from New Jersey to California in a Piper Cub. Foster took eight days to complete the trip, staying an extra day in Nevada to wait out thunderstorms.
ATP begins degree program
ATP Flight School announced recently it is beginning a new aviation degree program in partnership with Mountain State University in West Virginia. Students can now complete their flight training at any ATP location while studying for an online bachelor’s degree in airline transport professional pilot operations. Students can go from zero flight time to flight instructor and an associate’s degree in 16 months, and then beyond for a bachelor’s degree.
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