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| FAA grants some designees a renewal extension |
| The FAA has extended the authorization of designees, including designated pilot examiners, whose training, oversight, or renewal dates fell on or after the recent government funding lapse. The government shutdown ended temporarily on Jan. 25. READ MORE › |
| One-G sim maximizes training environment |
| A Seattle aviation technology company hopes to help grow the pilot population by integrating flight simulators into a flight training curriculum with a pay-as-you-go philosophy and no upfront fees. One-G Simulation’s unit comes fully assembled and can be integrated into a training regimen with very low commitment and without a multi-thousand-dollar purchase price, said Founder and CEO Xylon Saltzman. READ MORE › |
| Universal Helicopters to acquire Tecnam fleet |
| Universal Helicopters, with locations in Arizona and Utah, is moving into the fixed-wing training market and will make the transition with 10 Tecnam aircraft. The purchase consists of four P2008 Light Sport aircraft, two P2010 standard category four-place aircraft, and two P2006T twin-engine aircraft. “The Tecnam line that we chose as our primary training aircraft offered the perfect progression of high wing ab initio trainers, culminating with their light multiengine P2006 model,” said Gordon A. Jiroux, president of Universal Helicopters. |
| Idaho flight school to begin multiengine commercial pilot training |
| Latitude Aviation, in Hayden, Idaho, has acquired a Cessna 310 that will be used for multiengine instrument and commercial pilot certificates. The aircraft also will be available for crew and solo rental after completion of the appropriate ground, simulator, and flight training curriculum, the flight school said. Latitude also plans to offer add-on rating package deals as well as block time packages. The flight school is based at Coeur d’Alene-Pappy Boyington Field (COE) and offers light sport, recreational, private, instrument, backcountry, and tailwheel training. Latitude was named a Distinguished Flight School in the 2018 Flight Training Experience Awards. |
| Ice runway opens for season |
| Looking for a completely new kind of flyout this winter? How about landing on an ice runway? New Hampshire’s Alton Bay ice airport opened for the season on Jan. 22. It is believed to be the only charted ice airport in the 48 contiguous United States. The runway is 100 feet wide and 2,730 feet long, with a 50-foot-wide taxiway. READ MORE › |
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