Our Spring 2011 Private Pilot Ground School visited the Raleigh Flight Services Station (FSS) at RDU on Tuesday, April 19, 2011.

Empire Aviation welcomed 20 students from Durham’s Riverside High School to the Henderson-Oxford Airport on March 2, 2011. The field trip was for the Aerospace Engineering class, part of the Pre-Engineering Pathway at Riverside’s Engineering Academy.

It was a year filled with achievements for students and instructors with 16 solos, 11 check rides, 16 biennial flight reviews, 3 private pilot ground schools, dozens of introductory rides, a new aircraft … and much more.

Our Fall Private Pilot Ground School visited the NCDOT Division of Aviation and the Raleigh FSS on November 15, 2010. Many thanks to Tom Freeman, Aviation Safety and Education Specialist at the NCDOT, Bill Hall, Manager, Raleigh […]

It’s hard to believe the first International Learn To Fly Day on May 15, 2010 was just months ago. We’ve tallied the numbers and are pleased to report the day was a huge success! We gave over 87 rides and the lines (and smiles) went on for hours […]

Jeff Nidle, who completed his private pilot training with Empire Aviation in November 2009, took off for the first time in his fully restored Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer on March 10, 2010. The Tri-Pacer is a high wing, tube and fabric, four seat airplane. Piper built close to ten thousand PA-22 aircraft between 1951 and 1963. Whether […]