Next Workshop Will Take Place At Sportys Academy

Our friends and 'Airborne-Flight Training' news partners at SAFE, the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators, are preparing a major aero-education event this summer. According to SAFE, "Professional development is essential in aviation. And there is something for every aviation educator at our CFI-PRO Workshop, next at Sporty's Academy June 10/11, 2020. Whether you are new to aviation education (even working on a CFI) or a seasoned veteran, this learning opportunity will reinvigorate your teaching and accelerate your mastery and proficiency with new ideas and techniques."

FSANA 202 Promises To Be Exceptionally Informative this Year... and, In Vegas, No Less!

Faye Malarkey Black, President of the Regional Airline Association (RAA) will be joining this year's Flight School Operators Conference as a keynote speaker on Friday, February 21st, 2020 to highlight the importance of integration between flight training providers and the customers they teach flowing upward to regional airlines in the United States. The importance of the flow of pilots from flight training providers into qualification for employment at regional airlines is a key integration in our nation's pilot supply stakeholder process. Faye represents an organization that is intimately familiar with this relationship. FSANA members are some of the major pro

'Osborne by GAMI' Will Be Made Available, With Custom Paint, In Ada, OK

While perusing the BeechTalk message board, we were pleased to see yet another positive development for the folks at GAMI. Boss Tim Roehl announced that the company had just bought the Osborne Tip Tank program and brought it under their wing... particularly interesting news for the Beechcraft community. GAMI's Roehl wrote that, "...GAMI has acquired the STCs and assets of J.L. Osborne, Inc., Victorville, CA. That business is currently being relocated to our facilities in Ada, OK where we will recommence the manufacture and sale of the premier tip tanks available for Beechcraft Bonanzas and other select aircraft models. GAMI takes great pride in offering another outstandin

Photographically Documented Utah Accident Took Life of Pilot

From The NTSB Preliminary Report: On January 15, 2020, about 1511 mountain standard time, a Cessna T-310P airplane, N5805M, impacted terrain near Roy, Utah, while on approach to Ogden Airport (OGD), Ogden, Utah. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to S.A.C. Industries LLC and operated by Goode Ski Technologies as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight that originated from Skypark Airport (BTF), Bountiful, Utah, at 1500 and was destined for OGD.