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| AOPA Flight Training Experience survey to return May 15 |
| On May 15, AOPA will return after a yearlong pause to seeking out and recognizing flight training excellence with the 2021 Flight Training Experience Survey. Anyone who has taken flight training—initial or recurrent—during the past 12 months can candidly assess the process and rate their individual experience through our tried-and-true template for taking testimonials from consumers of aviation training services.
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| Leonardo unveils new U.S. flight training academy |
| Leonardo, in a virtual ceremony on April 29, unveiled its latest training facility in Philadelphia, the first in the United States. It joins factory training facilities in Italy, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. Initial capabilities will be for initial and recurrent pilot training in the AW139, AW169, and the forthcoming tiltrotor, the AW609. Maintenance training will also be offered in AW139, AW119, and AW609.
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| ATP opens Dallas training center |
| ATP Flight School has opened a pilot training center at the Arlington Municipal Airport (GKY) in Arlington, Texas. The 13,875-square-foot facility includes an advanced simulator bay containing multiple flight training devices, an FAA Certified Level 6 Cessna 172 FTD, and a fleet of Piper Seminoles and new Garmin G1000-equipped Cessna 172s.
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| Pennsylvania flight school celebrates opening |
| Fundamentals Flight Training, a new flight school based at Erie International/Tom Ridge Field (ERI) in Erie, Pennsylvania, hosted an open house May 8. Co-owners James Moelk and David Benson are behind the startup; Benson will provide most of the flight instruction in the school's Cessna 152. The Part 61 school offers training for the private and commercial certificates and instrument rating.
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