Skyborne Aviation Group has completed the acquisition of its new Flight Academy located in Vero Beach, Florida. “Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach” will be the first pilot training base in the United States for the UK-headquartered airline academy. “Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach” offers prospective pilots a full-time FAA Part 141 approved training on a 12-month residential program, airline pathway programs with leading US airlines, plus Private, Instrument, Commercial and Instructor cour
This week should be chock full of unmanned aviation goodness. AUVSI's annual conference and trade show, AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2021, starts off as an expanded hybrid event series. After the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a virtual staging of XPONENTIAL 2020 last October, the Association decided on a full virtual program this spring followed by an in-person event late in the summer. The series will support its mission to convene the unmanned and automated systems community to accelerate innovation and market adoption o
Aero Linx: Rhode Island Pilots Association
Part of RIPA’s mission is to promote aviation safety within the entire aviation community, and we are dedicated to aviation safety. Because of this, the Rhode Island Pilots Association is the principal sponsor FAA Safety Seminars in Rhode Island. FAA Safety Seminars are designed to promote and foster aviation safety in the aviation community by refreshing pilots’ aeronautical knowledge and improving their aeronautical skills.
Simplified Directional Facility (SDF)
A NAVAID used for nonprecision instrument approaches. The final approach course is similar to that of an ILS localizer except that the SDF course may be offset from the runway, generally not more than 3 degrees, and the course may be wider than the localizer, resulting in a lower degree of accuracy.
“We are proud to take delivery of the 300th Bell 505 and expand our fleet capabilities. JDF and Bell have a strong history together and today’s delivery marks another milestone in our relationship.”
Source: Lt. Col. Brian Lundy, commanding officer of the JDF Air Wing, upon taking delivery of the 300th Bell 505.
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