Five flight instructors completed the Master Instructors course to receive the prestigious designation in the month of August. The title has been earned by fewer than 700 of the 91,000 CFIs currently active in the country.
R. Thomas Buffenbarger, International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) will be the featured speaker at the next monthly luncheon of the Wichita Aero Club. The event is planned for Thursday, September 27, 2012.
Both Walk Away From The Forced Landing, Pilot Certificate Granted
Every person who has obtained a private pilot certificate has had to demonstrate his or her ability to find an acceptable emergency landing site to the FAA examiner giving the checkride. But a Colorado pilot going for his PPL on Saturday had to deal with the real McCoy.
CFI Did Not Know The Man He Offered To Train So He Could Fly His Plane Home
Pilots are known, for the most part, to be a helpful group of people, so it's probably not surprising to hear that a flight instructor in Utah offered to help a fellow pilot get up to speed in an unfamiliar airplane so that he could get home. Both were fatally injured when the airplane went down in an alfalfa field last Thursday.
An Approved Model List (AML) Minor Change Approval from EASA has been granted to IAE Ltd., of Bedfordshire, England, for the installation of the Avidyne EX600 Multi-Function Display (MFD) in Cessna 200, 300, and 400 series aircraft.
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