ACS Aviation 2024 PPL Flying Scholarship
Scottish commercial pilot training academy ACS Aviation is continuing its flying scholarship scheme in 2024 and has recently opened the application process. The Perth Airport based Approved Training Organisation is offering 10 hours of flight training towards a Private Pilot Licence (PPL) to successful applicants to the scholarship, as well as 12 months school membership and a Bose A20 headset worth over £1,000.00. ACS Aviation has...
VOR navigation in minutes
How to fly a VOR made simple! In this video pilot and YouTuber, Evan Luft demonstrates how to tune, and navigate, using a VOR as simple as possible! According to the influencer, VORs are an essential part of IFR flying, and can be very useful when flying VFR. New student pilots may find VORs confusing to begin with, however using one is much easier to understand after seeing it in action. While in flight, Luft tunes a VOR to show you...
Practise – Demonstrate – Teach
As a Flight Instructor Examiner (FIE) I get to observe many instructors delivering flight training exercises and most of them perform satisfactorily. Occasionally I come across one or two that really don’t know what they are trying to teach. This may be due to poor and inadequate training during the instructor course, or it might be they have forgotten what to do or, more importantly, how to do it. The process of teaching can best be...
Norwich Aviation Centre gets airborne
FTN met up with Rob Clarke, owner and CEO of the recently formed Norwich Aviation Centre (NAC), at the academy’s new premises at Norwich Airport. Housed in the airport’s former Park & Ride building, one could be forgiven for thinking that it’s not the most prestigious location for a new flight academy to set-up shop, but it’s proved to be a wise decision. Clarke explains: “First, it’s a great building with sufficient space for us...
Administrators appointed at Tayside Aviation
Tayside Aviation appointed Interpath Advisory as administrators on 20 April 2023. A statement from the Interpath Advisory said: “Despite the significant efforts of the shareholder and directors who explored various funding and sale options, cashflow pressures have intensified, resulting in the directors having no option but to take the very difficult decision to seek the appointment of the Joint Administrators. The business has...
