Arizona Flight Training Workgroup (AFTW) Safety Meeting at Payson Airport

Title:   Arizona Flight Training Workgroup (AFTW) Safety Meeting at Payson Airport   Topic:   AFTW Safety issues concerning the Payson Airport traffic pattern.   Date and Time:   Saturday, September 17, 2011 , starting at 9:00 am   Speaker(s):   AFTW & Airport Mgr Beth Myers       Brief Description:   Safety issues, AFTW discussion & the graphic … Continued

Prescott, Arizona: A Picture Perfect Place to Become a Professional Pilot

It’s not just the 300+ days of sunshine nor just the challenge of high altitude flight training that attracts our student pilots from all over the nation.  Nor is it that we offer an incredible flight training program for U.S. Veterans using their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits through the Yavapai College Professional Pilot Program.  Those are all great reasons.  There’s another reason. … Continued

Cirrus Flight Training in Arizona

Cirrus flight training in Arizona has begun at Guidance Aviation.  Complete with air conditioning and the Garmin Perspective, this is an aircraft worth checking out. For more info, or to take your intro flight, contact Dave Roy, Chief Flight Instructor, Guidance Aviation at 928-443-9370. Related Links: Guidance Aviation Guidance Helicopters Sport Pilots of Arizona Related Stories: Flight … Continued

“Wing and Rotor” Flight Training News

Join Us as our “Wing and Rotor” flight training news is on approach for August 2011! Go to: WING AND ROTOR NEWS and join our mailing list. Wing and Rotor News Related links: Guidance Aviation Guidance Helicopters Post 9/11 Helicopter Flight Training-Facebook Sport Aircraft USA Sport Pilots of Arizona-Facebook Guidance Aviation provides high altitude helicopter and … Continued

Prescott Army Air Corp Pilot, Woody Jongeward, Dies

Endurance flight co-pilot Woody Jongeward dies (Yuma Sun) July 22, 2011 6:32 PM http://www.yumasun.com/ BY DARREN DARONCO – SUN STAFF WRITER Yuma lost a piece of history when Woody Jongeward, 93, the last living pilot of the record-setting City of Yuma Endurance Flight, died Thursday night at his home in San Diego. “He was a … Continued

Flight Training Success Track: Helicopter Instructor Pilot Shannon Bowman

This July 2011, it was announced that Shannon Bowman is now the Assistant Chief for Private, Commercial and CFI Helicopter Ratings, and is now also an IP (Instructor Pilot) Supervisor. Bowman has worked for Guidance Aviation since March of 2010. He has been the Safety Program Manager since fall of last year. Keep climbing Bowman, nice job! Related … Continued

Helicopter Flight Training and A Family Living The Dream

by Sharon Vickers, Guidance Helicopters Alumni Sharon Vickers has left the EC135 for Oil & Gas side of PHI and is now flying the BK117 for the PHI Air Medical Group on contract with Ochsner Flight Care New Orleans. Here is a photo from my first solo landing at the Ochsner Hospital Helipad. I cannot … Continued

Flight training in a Cirrus at Guidance Aviation of Prescott, Arizona

Flight training in a Cirrus SR20 at Guidance Aviation of Prescott, Arizona is now available!    The newly arrived Cirrus SR20 employs the Garmin Perspective™ dual 12 inch flat panel flight displays and navigation system. Encompassing everything from dual AHRS autopilot to the Blue LVL Button to the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), this aircraft is built on … Continued