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| Cirrus TRAC trainer is designed with students in mind |
| Cirrus has joined a movement of manufacturing aircraft designed with student pilots in mind—particularly student pilots headed to the airlines. The TRAC training aircraft includes a handle to get students accustomed to putting landing gear into their flow from the beginning, as well as a radio transmit switch in the back so that student observers can be involved in air traffic control communications.
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| NAFI to host '8 Magic Tricks That Can Kill Flight School Business' |
| The National Association of Flight Instructors will host a live broadcast at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Oct. 16 that will focus on the message your flight school is sending to its clients. "Running a flight school can be as complex as offering multiple ratings with multiple aircraft and multiple instructors, or as simple as a single CFI with one airplane teaching one rating. ...Everything you do, say, and show sends a message to the student. The question is what message?" NAFI said. The broadcast is presented by Ned Parks, an ATP, CFI-H/A who served as a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army and has experience owning and operating FBOs, charter operations, flight schools, and corporate flight departments. To register for the seminar, go to the website. All presentations are FAA Wings-approved.
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| ATP Flight School breaks ground on new Texas training facility |
| ATP Flight School said Sept. 23 that work has begun on a new 25,835-square-foot pilot training center in Arlington, Texas. Dedicated ramp space at the location will provide a home to a fleet of Piper aircraft, the company said. ATP Flight School is set to begin accepting delivery of 100 new Archers from an order announced in 2018, according to a news release.
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| Redbird shutters Skyport FBO, blasts industry |
| Redbird Skyport of San Marcos, Texas, a fixed-base operation that "never made a dime" in eight years of operation despite a flair for innovative marketing, closed on Sept. 14. Founder Jerry Gregoire posted a commentary online that laid bare the challenges of an FBO business that he said is dominated by a few big players.
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| Piper launches aircraft assembly apprentice program |
| The first group of apprentices in a two-year training program launched by Piper Aircraft has begun attending classes and receiving hands-on training in fabrication and aircraft assembly skills. The nine apprentices are on track to qualify as journeymen in aircraft assembly.
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| Delaware State gets new Vulcanairs |
| Student pilots at Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware, will soon begin training in 10 new Vulcanair V1.0 airplanes. The new aircraft have 180-horsepower engines and glass cockpits. "We’re excited about that, those kinds of technological advances that we've just never had access to, but now we do because we have new airplanes," Aviation Director Lt. Col. Michael Hales told WHYY.org.
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| Hesston College adds aviation bachelor's degree program |
| Hesston College in Hesston, Kansas, has expanded its aviation program to add a bachelor's degree in aviation. In the inaugural year of the expanded program, 47 students are flying while earning two-year and four-year degrees. The program plans to add at least five airplanes and two training devices to its fleet, according to the college website.
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