We had nine people complete licenses or ratings in September. We had 7 private pilot check rides and two instrument ratings. All in all it was frantic trying to get it all in, but with good weather, good luck with all the aircraft and the cooperation of student(s) / instructor(s) to say the least it [...]

Improvements to the runway have been made to the first 800′ of runway 32. Much fill was placed in the middle to fill in the wear and tear of a turf strip. The runway is much improved than ever before and if it ever rains here again in NC, the centerline will even be better [...]

Away goes that hot, humid, poor performance weather of summer and in comes the chill of our newest season fall. Here in the Piedmont area of North Carolina comes better performance, visibilities, cooler oil temperatures and just plain better performance for pilots, students and instructors. We are now planning on flying post 1:00 PM now [...]

Recently we have had a number of aircraft leave the ramp without fuel caps secured. It has happened already four times this summer. This is not acceptable and dangerous. Since thunderstorms can cause extremely high winds with sheer in excess of 58 mph and hail (SIGMET) we need to secure all aircraft post flight to [...]

Well its that time of the year again where thunderstorms, hail, density altitude, wind sheer and haze all play a apart in our decision making in Go / No Go travel.
Whenever you load an aircraft to Gross Weight without thinking about performance, you are already ‘behind on the power curve’ thought process. When over 90 [...]

Sad news!! We have recently been informed that our favorite Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) has decided to call it quits. John McLain one of the most dedicated aviation educators in the area has decided to retire due to health reasons. John has been a legend here since the 60s giving instruction, seminars, writing magazine articles, [...]