AOPA ASF Offers Extra Incentives For Attending

Flight instructors now have even more reason to attend one of the Air Safety Foundation's refresher courses. ASF will give away several door prizes during each of their courses. And those who attend will also be entered in a monthly drawing for an interactive DVD video courses, donated by Sporty's Pilot Shop. The door prizes to be given away at each session include two copies of a video specifically designed to help flight instructors with the business side of being a flight instructor and an ASF video on a critical safety topic, Weather Decision Making. Two monthly prizes are Sporty's Instrument Rating Course and a Sporty's Recreational/Private Pilot Course. Each course is a complete training program that instruct

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces Sale

Environmental Tectonics Corporation announced on Wednesday the recent sale of a GAT-II(R) General Aviation Trainer to the Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI), Oklahoma City, OK. CAMI studies the factors that influence human performance in the aviation environment, finds ways to understand them, and then communicates that understanding to the aviation community. According to Dr. Melchor J. Antunano, Director of CAMI, the FAA will use the GAT-II(R) to provide pilots with training in the hazards associated with spatial disorientation during flight. The CAMI's GAT-II is equipped with fourteen of the most common General Aviation Spatial Disorientation Illusions. According to Gle

Cap And Gown Not Included

The 2003-04 recipients of the Joseph (Joe) F. Vorbeck Memorial Scholarship have been announced. Second-year aviation students Stacy Biernacki and Eric Francis both received Vorbeck scholarships in the amount of $5,000 that will be used toward their pilot training. "Training for a career as a professional aviator requires a considerable commitment, both in time and money," remarked Sporty’s Founder/Chairman Hal Shevers. "We hope these scholarships for second-year aviation students will allow them to focus their efforts entirely into training." The Vorbeck Scholarship is given annually to two outstanding second-year aviation students enrolled in the Aviation Technology: Professional Pilot Training Program at the University of Cincinnati in

No Rescue Effort For Hours

What if you had a tragic accident and nobody came? That's what apparently happened in Venice (FL) over the weekend, in the crash of a Cessna 150 near the municipal airport. When 32-year old Larry Bradshaw and 57-year old Miguel Hernandez went down Saturday night, Cindy Toepfer and her husband, Sheldon, heard it. She called 911. But no emergency crews responded until the crash was spotted by the Civil Air Patrol the next afternoon. The bodies weren't recovered until 19 hours after the crash.

Columbia Aircraft Sales Gets The Nod

On Tuesday, Adam Aircraft announced Columbia Aircraft Sales, Inc. of Groton (CT) as the factory authorized dealer for Adam Aircraft products in the northeastern United States. This territory includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. As part of this relationship, Columbia Air Services, Inc. will be a factory authorized service center for the corresponding territory. Adam claims Columbia Air Services' experience in maintaining general aviation aircraft is a key component to the dealer relationship. "Columbia Air Services, Inc. has been maintaining complex turbine and piston powered aircraft for more than 25 years. We have an impeccable safety record, and o

Prison Riot TFR Reissued NOTAM: 4/0489 Issued: 01/21/2004 16:31 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: AZ Facility: ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. Type: HAZARDS Description: LEWIS STATE PRISON, AZ.

This Was Just Published Moments Ago... Thanks for the Warning, Eh? NOTAM: 4/0485 Issued: 01/21/2004 14:33 Effective: 01/21/2004 19:35 - 01/22/2004 15:50 State: AZ Facility: ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. Type: VIP Description: PHOENIX, ARIZONA, JANUARY 21-22, 2004 LOCAL.