L3 CTS launches new European airline academy
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has announced the introduction of its new European Academy into the company’s cadet pilot training offering. The L3 European Airline Academy facility, based at Ponte de Sor Airport, Portugal, has the capacity to provide training for up to 500 cadets a year. The new European Academy has been established following L3’s acquisition of the G Air Training Centre in October 2017. This location will...
2018 Cotswold Airport Aviation Scholarship opens for applications
The popular ‘Cotswold Airport Aviation Scholarship’, which launched back in 2007, has opened for 2018 applications, with a closing date on Friday 30th March. Twenty successful applicants will be invited to the interview stage of the application process on Saturday 21st April. Following the interviews, the 10 final scholars will be selected for the programme, which runs from Monday 6th to Friday 17th August (weekdays only). This unique...
Kick the Tires… James McBride
Before the flight of every aircraft there is a procedure carried out by the crew. In commercial aviation it is commonly referred to as ‘the walk round’. The function is to act as a final visual inspection of the airframe and engines prior to flight; there will be no further opportunity to inspect the ship. Given the importance of such a task, it is worrying that some pilots appear to treat it so casually. Of course those pilots are...
Piper lands biggest ever trainer aircraft order
Piper Aircraft Inc. has received its largest single trainer order in company history – an order for 152 aircraft from Fanmei Aviation Technologies, Piper Aircraft’s exclusive dealer in China. Fanmei Aviation Technologies is a subsidiary of Sichuan Fanmei Education Group co. Ltd which is a major provider of aviation education in China. The seven-year purchase agreement includes 100 Archer TX single engine trainers, 50 multi...
TAG Flying Scholarship 2018 launched
TAG Farnborough Airport has launched the TAG Flying Scholarship 2018. Each year, under the auspices of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots’ (HCAP) scholarship programme, TAG Farnborough Airport grants one young person a scholarship with the aim of supporting individuals who might otherwise not have the necessary resources to gain flying experience and ultimately achieve their Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL). Candidates must be at...