Environmentally Guilt-Free Training?

Carbon Neutral Plane announced Monday a partnership with Angel City Flyers (ACF), a flight school located in Long Beach, CA. ACF provides aviation training in the newest, most technologically advanced aircraft... and now, through its membership in the Carbon Neutral Plane program, it is also one of the most environmentally friendly flight schools in the country.

ACF is the first flight school to join the Carbon Neutral Plane carbon offsetting program. The school provides a highly structured and disciplined approach to flight training while emphasizing flight standardization, standard operating procedures, and single pilot resource management.

ACF train their students on single-engine Diamond Star DA40 and twin-engine Diamond Twin Star DA42 plane models that feature glass cockpits, enabling glass transition and technology training.

"When we decided to exclusively utilize Diamond Aircraft in our training program, a key consideration was reducing environmental impact through their fuel-efficient, turbo-diesel engines," said Seosamh Somers, president of Angel City Flyers. "We've reduced what we can and now, by joining the Carbon Neutral Plane program, we are offsetting the rest."

"Angel City Flyers is precisely the type of business for which we designed our program; a progressive, technically savvy operation with a sensitivity to its customers' wishes," added Jeff Witwer, president of Carbon Neutral Plane. "It is significant that Angel City Flyers operates in the highly competitive Southern California training market. They realized that by having their fleet certified by Carbon Neutral Plane, they not only demonstrate their environmental good-citizenship, but they positively impact their business by appealing to environmentally concerned students."

Carbon Neutral Plane was the first organization in the United States to offer programs specifically designed for general aviation to certify that member aircraft are carbon neutral.

FMI: www.carbonneutralplane.com, www.angelcityflyers.com