Maintenance & Training

Beyond pilot qualifications, the regs are vague, but common sense and operational approvals dictate a formalized approach to both initial and recurrent training.

Red Tail Flight Academy officials called it a “big day for everyone in aviation” as they took delivery of the first of two Piper Aircraft Pilot 100i trainers for its Tuskegee Airmen-inspired scholarship program during a July 27 ceremony during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

Aviation Week’s MRO team will be represented at both EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Huntington Tri-State Airport will soon be home to MRO provider Thoroughbred Aviation and a new educational program jointly developed by Marshall University and Mountwest Community and Technical College.

Balancing professional and personal identities.

Understand your deficiencies and continue learning.

Consider the authority gradient. Which are you?

You can’t just be a good pilot to be a good captain. Here are things to consider.

Three long-time business aviation professionals recently joined forces to launch Vulcan Aviation.

In a partnership with Textron Aviation, WSU Tech has launched a two-year professional pilot program aimed at preparing students for careers—the first collegiate aircraft pilot program in what is known as the Air Capital of the World, officials noted.

How could consolidation effect the business aviation market?

I think any professional endeavor requires the practitioner to seek outside criticism to further develop skills and to maintain already mastered

Crew resource management considerations.

Make piloting decisions for the right reasons.

Jet Support Services, Inc. has acquired Wichita-based SierraTrax, an aircraft maintenance tracking provider for business aircraft.

We will always be students, so we might as well learn to be better students.

The Florida base has pinned water wings on 25,000 pilots and counting. A ticket to access two-thirds of the Earth’s surface.

Flight training and simulation providers have remained active during the COVID-19 pandemic by introducing new systems and programs, including those

Aiming to better support European clients flying in the U.S., Clay Lacy Aviation has earned EASA Part 145 Maintenance Organization certification approval.

Between receiving EASA certification for the aircraft and its electric propulsion unit in June 2020 and the end of last year, Pipistrel delivered 39 Velis Electros.

MRO facilities report steady work on repair and overhaul of landing gear for a variety of business aviation aircraft.

Tips for from both a chief pilot and a director of maintenance

Yingling Aviation, based at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, originally began business in 1946 as the first Cessna Aircraft dealer. This year, it is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Andrew Nichols was promoted from chief financial officer to president in 2019, succeeding his dad, Lynn Nichols, who bought the business in 2000.

An operations perspective - and tips for forging a good working relationship between pilots and maintainers.

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