"last week I had a nut fall off the elevator control linkage."
Gees, that can be a little hazardous to your health! Always make positive sure that all nuts and bolts are cotter pinned on rotating parts. I would think an annual inspection would catch that.
A friend of mine flew 100 miles without a safety ring on his wing clevis pin. I showed him that it wasn't there when looking over his plane one day and he turned white when I pointed it out.
Ralph
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Contact: Steve Hedges
301-695-2159
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AOPA ANNOUNCES 2014 FLIGHT TRAINING EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
Frederick, MD – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has awarded its third annual Flight Training Excellence Awards to top flight schools and flight instructors ranked by more than 3,600 flight students who voluntarily reviewed their flight training experience through an AOPA online poll.
AOPA has recognized Paragon Flight of Fort Meyers, FL as the 2014 Best Flight School and Spencer Watson of Manassas, VA as the 2014 Best Flight Instructor. Ten additional flight schools and 10 instructors were named "Outstanding" by AOPA as a result of the poll results.
"All of us at AOPA would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to this year's award winners," said Brittney Miculka, senior manager of pilot community development. "We created these awards to recognize those who instill a lifelong passion for aviation among their students, and who exemplify the best the flight training industry has to offer. It was clear from the customer reviews that these professionals are providing a superior flight instruction experience."
The award winners will be recognized at the AOPA Homecoming Fly-in in Frederick, MD on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014.
AOPA has also named an Honor Roll of 62 flight schools and 75 flight instructors, all of which demonstrated a high standard of accomplishment and received at least three nominations.
In addition, a Student's Choice Award was given to the flight school that receives the highest number of positive nominations. For the third year in a row, Aviation Adventures of Virginia won that award with 198 nominations.
The 2014 President's Choice Award winner is GIFT Academy of Vernon, TX. This award is given by the president of AOPA for significant and innovative contributions to the flight training community. GIFT Academy is aimed at helping female pilots find success in flight training in a supportive setting.
To select the award winners, AOPA invited those who have taken flight training within the last 24 months to take part in the poll. Each individual could nominate one flight school and one flight instructor. The online poll was conducted from June 3 to August 23, and contained safeguards to ensure fairness.
That process yielded an evaluation of 1,447 different flight schools and 1,500 individual flight instructors. The poll consisted of 39 survey questions designed to measure the overall performance of a flight school or flight instructor. AOPA will be sharing individual poll results with schools and instructors later this year.
All the award winners may be viewed on the Flight Training magazine website.
FLIGHT SCHOOL AWARD WINNERS
Best Flight School Paragon Flight Training (Ft. Meyers, FL)
Outstanding Flight School AeroVenture Institute Flight Training Center (Southbridge, MA)
Outstanding Flight School Airwolf Aviation Services (Greenville, SC)
Outstanding Flight School Bakersfield Flying Club (Bakersfield, CA)
Outstanding Flight School Chesapeake Sport Pilot (Stevensville, MD)
Outstanding Flight School Houston Flight Training (Cypress, TX)
Outstanding Flight School Max Aero (Cameron Park, CA)
Outstanding Flight School Ocean Helicopters (West Palm Beach, FL)
Outstanding Flight School Southern Maine Aviation (Sanford, ME)
Outstanding Flight School St. Charles Flying Service (Portage Des, Sioux, MO)
Outstanding Flight School Valley Aviation (Forty Fort, PA)
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AWARD WINNERS
Best Flight Instructor Spencer Watson (Manassas, VA)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Allan Burke (Christianburg, VA)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Doris Gatewood (Warrenton, VA)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Richard Harowicz (Mountain Top, PA)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Bob Hepp (Manassas, VA)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Randall Holliday (Bozeman, MT)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Dustin Jones (Cameron Park, CA)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Tucker Lambert (San Carlos, CA)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Cliff Lanyi (Attleboro, MA)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Jason Schappert (Ocala, FL)
Outstanding Flight Instructor Blake Spry (Boise, ID)
About AOPA
Since 1939, AOPA has protected the freedom to fly for thousands of pilots, aircraft owners and aviation enthusiasts. AOPA is the world's largest aviation member association. With representatives based in Frederick, Md., Washington, D.C., and seven regions across the United States, AOPA provides member services that range from advocacy at the federal, state, and local levels to legal services, flight planning products, safety programs and award-winning media products. To learn more, visit www.aopa.org.
- AOPA -
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Do you need to own the LSA yourself or are you up for forming a LSA club? We've made
great strides in club based liability insurance.
Have you been turned down by First Flight Insurance? Their website says they insure
seaplanes.
Bill Watson
bill@sportpilot.info
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I got this from a friend. Be careful and guard your aircraft.
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Authorities are investigating the apparently well-planned theft of avionics from all 23 resident aircraft at Jerry Sumners Sr. Aurora Municipal Airport in Aurora, Mo., last Wednesday. According to KY3 News, thieves broke into every hangar at the airport and then removed the GPS, radios and transponders from every aircraft. The loss is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. One of the aircraft owners, Toby Sumners, told the TV station the theft had the hallmarks of a carefully thought-out crime. "This is definitely a planned out, my opinion, it's definitely a planned out thing because like I said, it's not equipment that you use in your cars, not equipment that you use in your house, so what other purpose would there need to be unless there was a high demand for it on the other side of the market," he said. Three weeks ago the engine was stolen from a Piper Archer parked at the nearby Flying Bar H Airport but it's not known if the cases are related.
Ralph Burlingame
Hi Rich,
I assume you are using your HT in the Skycatcher. It has the loudest cabin noise level of any GA plane. My Bose ANR didn't quiet enough, so I got a Lightspeed set -- works much better. But I am still concerned that my transmissions on the com are dominanted by background noise when I'm climbing at full power. It sure sounds bad on the sidetone.
At Sporty's you can probably find a headset adapter and PTT for your HT.
73,
Dennis Persyk N9DP N900DP Skycatcher
Hi Rich,
I assume you are using your HT in the Skycatcher. It has the loudest cabin noise level of any GA plane. My Bose ANR didn't quiet enough, so I got a Lightspeed set -- works much better. But I am still concerned that my transmissions on the com are dominanted by background noise when I'm climbing at full power. It sure sounds bad on the sidetone.
At Sporty's you can probably find a headset adapter and PTT for your HT.
73,
Dennis Persyk N9DP N900DP Skycatcher
