Matin Ma soloed in our Cessna 172 @ KHNZ
Alexander Martin solo flight on 7/18/2020 at HNZ
Dyson Hepting Private Pilot Checkride on 5/24/2020
Monica McCarty passed her Private Pilot Check ride on 12/15/19 @ KBUY
Mitchel Gorecki passed his Private Pilot Checkride on 02/05/2020
Tim Plunkett passed his Private Pilot checkride on 1/27/2020 at KBUY.
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This tower at Chase City Municipal Airport (KCXE) is one of only two operational in the US from the VFR flying days in the ’20s.
Some incredible news from Empire Aviation student Connor McClanahan who wrote to let us know he “soloed the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II last month!” Connor started his flight training at Empire Aviation while a high school student and paid for all his lessons from after school jobs.
Would you like to ride … in a 1959 Piper Tri-Pacer? N2975Z is a beautifully restored PIPER PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer. Pictures taken on Christmas Day, 2019
A memorial gathering of friends will be held at the Henderson-Oxford Airport from 2 – 4 pm on Saturday, February 17, 2018, to remember Mike.
Empire Aviation student and Durham resident Rick Gutlon uses his Private Pilots license to help animal rescue groups transport dogs to safety. Since 2011 he’s flown over 320 dogs (and 22 cats!) to safety in his C172E.
Empire Aviation’s Flight School is featured in this August 2017 article by Kathy Wolford of the Oxford Public Ledger.
Our Winter 2017 Private Pilot Ground School visited the NCDOT Division of Aviation and the Raleigh FSS on February 28, 2017.