12/02/2018
Pilot Career: From Dream to Reality
For the first time in 30 years, becoming a professional pilot is within the reach of people who once only dreamed of it. We’re in time of skyrocketing demand for pilots, and the number of aviation jobs grows daily. The sky is calling,...
12/02/2014
In a buyer's market, it's tempting to buy more airplane than you can handle. A realistic view of your skills, mission and maintenance requirements might keep you out of trouble.
Years ago in a sleepy college aircraft economics class, we learned the pecking order of ite...
10/02/2014
Moderate Growth for Air Cargo in 2013
Full Year Performance Statistics Released
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released figures showing a 1.4% expansion of global freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) in 2013 when compared to 2012. Cargo markets...
07/02/2014
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $204,050 civil penalty against Sierra Academy of Aeronautics of Atwater, Calif., for allegedly operating nine Cessna 152 airplanes when they were not in complianc...
29/01/2014
As the pace of your life accelerates, it’s clear that your time is becoming too valuable to spend waiting in airports for delayed flights to activities or meetings that had to be postponed until you arrived! You begin thinking about private jet charter -- a faster, eas...
11/01/2014
A charter flight is a private flight scheduled to meet the needs of specific passengers or organizations. While public commercial flights leave at regular intervals with tickets being purchased up to the day of departure by the general public, charter flights are arran...
20/12/2013
Mid-Continent Airport welcomed back one of the world’s largest cargo aircraft, Russia’s Antonov An-124, in frigid temperatures Friday afternoon.
“There it is,” shouted airport officials as the plane approached the runway from the south just after noon on Friday.
The pl...
05/12/2012
The party at Manhattan’s Intrepid aviation museum was over the top even by hedge fund standards: While some guests sampled caviar and $200-a-bottle cabernet, others took turns test-driving a Rolls-Royce. But the real attraction was jet maker Bombardier’s latest toy for...
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