August 6 issue of Flight School Business

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VOL. 9-ISSUE 16-August 6, 2019

TRAINING TRENDS

Flight School Spotlight: Avier Flight School

Massachusetts-based Avier Flight School shows how a winning philosophy plus some unique training techniques lead to amazing results. In just four years, this flight school has grown from one airplane and instructor to 95 clients, eight airplanes, and seven instructors. READ MORE ›

NEWS

DHS issues alert on potential avionics vulnerability

Aircraft owners and pilots are reminded to follow security best practices in the wake of a July 30 informational alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The DHS said insecure CAN buses—a type of data communications network—in aircraft might be exploited if an attacker had physical access to the aircraft and attached a device to the network, which could then inject false data. READ MORE ›

Embry-Riddle to buy 60 Cessna Skyhawks

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will buy at least 60 Cessna Skyhawks from Textron Aviation between 2019 and 2022. The university with campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, signed a memorandum of understanding with Textron July 24 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. READ MORE ›

Redbird unveils guided instrument program

Redbird Flight Simulations now has a guided independent flight training (GIFT) program for instrument students. Announced July 22 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the GIFT program delegates some of the tasks an instructor would perform in a simulator session to software. Students review an online video and text overview for a mission at home, go over it with the instructor, and then are set loose to fly the mission on their own while the instructor works with another student. The program works with any Redbird simulator with the latest Navigator software. READ MORE ›

Pipistrel trainer drafted for Air Force program

Pipstrel's Alpha Trainer has been chosen to train future U.S. Air Force pilots in a solo flight program coordinated by a California flight school. Students newly graduated from high school enroll in an intensive program designed to get them from zero flight hours to solo. The program helps the Air Force vet applicants and weed out those who wouldn’t be suited for the full Air Force program. READ MORE ›

Avionics equipment stolen from airplanes at N.H. airport

Someone broke into at least nine aircraft at Boire Field (ASH) in Nashua, New Hampshire, and helped themselves to tens of thousands of dollars' worth of radios and GPS units. The thefts occurred over the weekend of July 27. Nashua officials said the thief or thieves used a crowbar to pry open doors and windows of locked aircraft, and did not remove transponders that could be easily traced since they are linked to an airplane's N number, according to WCVB.com.

POLL

Who does your maintenance?

Who keeps your flight school’s fleet running? Tell us in this week's poll.

Results

In the July 23, 2019, poll we wanted to know whether your flight school requires employment contracts for CFIs. Here are the results.

MARKETING

Targeting 'elder' pilots

When you think of older pilots, are you picturing somebody in their 60s or 70s? Many prospects believe that they're too old to become pilots at 35 or 40. So it's time to broaden your thinking on marketing to mature audiences. READ MORE >

QUICK TIP

Always carry business cards. They lend credibility and professionalism, and since you could meet a potential client or vendor almost anywhere, you want to be prepared. Business cards are a cost-effective and basic marketing tool—and they count as a business expense. See more inexpensive marketing ideas at DisruptiveAdvertising.com.

SAFETY

Real Pilot Story: No go around

Your clients work hard to perfect their go-around skills, so perhaps they can’t imagine a runway where a go-around isn’t possible. Yet that’s what Todd Simmons confronted last summer in the Idaho backcountry. Your clients will want to see this AOPA Air Safety Institute video in which Simmons, his brother, and friends talk about their arrival at Dewey-Moore airstrip that became a calamity.

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