Leopard Aviation CFI Andrew Hamouda Wins 2026 AOPA Best Flight Instructor Award for Western Region

Winning this award four years in a row demonstrates the culture of quality, personalized instruction, and mentorship ...

Hawkins Flight Academy Recognized for Flight Training Excellence by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

Hawkins Flight Academy Earns National Recognition for Safety-Focused, Student-Centered Flight Training ...
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FAA rule changes spark flight training concerns

Proposed DPE regulation updates, impacting check rides and instructor certification, face January 23 comment deadline.
Flying

What’s a Flight Instructor to Do Now?

The stay-at-home and social-distancing orders associated with the COVID-19 outbreak that have been issued by many states and local municipalities have had a major impact on flight training providers, ...
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More Than a Job: Flight Instruction Carries Great Responsibility

We teach as we were taught-especially when it involves a physical skill like learning to fly. One size does not fit all in flight instruction, and CFIs have to understand that. Problems arise when the ...
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Don’t Limit Your Training: FAA’s Stance on Flight School DPEs

Question: The flight school I attend uses a particular Designated Pilot Examiner for the private pilot through commercial ...
WKYT

Aviation professor: Majority of flight instructors have less than one year of experience

RICHMOND, Ky. (WKYT) - Late last month, flight instructor Timothy McKellar Jr., 22, and student pilot Connor Quisenberry, 18, died in a plane crash in Ohio County. The National Transportation Safety ...
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Flight schools, instructors face regulatory questions following US court ruling

Flight instructors fear a recent US court ruling could cause major headaches for the pilot-training community, just as airlines begin to again warn of a pilot shortage in the coming years. In a 2 ...
Purdue University

A new era of flight instruction at Purdue takes wing

Fred Fehsenfeld, a Purdue mechanical engineering alumnus, stands near Sky Dancer, a Pipistrel Sinus glider he gifted to Purdue. The gift effectively ushers in a new era of glider instruction and ...