Lately, I have attended some FAAST team safety meetings both here and in other states. It appears the accident rates for student and private pilots are ever so common in two areas of operation. One is the Balked Landing (go around) procedure where you elect not to land, but abort for various reasons. Good choice [...]

Well were moved into the 2008 year with many of the familiar sign and symptoms of winter. That cold Canadian air with those cold fronts sinking in from the artic which result in AIRMETS/ sometimes SIGMETS for turbulence, icing with low visibilities associated with that so often early morning fog. Yes, the weather brief is [...]

I would like to thank all of you for the support and kind words that have been expressed the past few days regarding my mom’s passing June Marie Wagner Hesse on December 4, 2007. After fighting chronic COPD and emphysema, the body just could not ‘take it any longer’. Born as a depression baby in [...]

We are planning a Christmas Party December 15th , 1-4 PM at the Oxford airport. Let us know if you would like to bring a dish and the number of people that you are inviting to come.

Yes we are completing our 3rd and last ground school of the year. We presently have 14 students enrolled in the private pilot ground. We will be ending just short of the Thanksgiving.

Frost on the pumpkins is frost on the wings. Be careful with icing, frosted wings, windshields and cold weather starts. If you are NOT versed trained /experienced in cold weather stating, consult your instructor or you POH. Fires can easily be ignited with over priming or excessive use of the accelerator pump of the carburetor. [...]