2014 was an awesome year and was once again wrapped up nicely as Santa delivered Christmas cheer to Yavapai Exceptional Industries (YEI!). This was the third consecutive year that Santa has called on Guidance Aviation and their red helicopter fleet to deliver the bearded winter wonder and all his frosty friendliness to the incredible people at … Continued
Husband of 13 years and father of three children, Joel Skaggs, CFI-I, recently graduated from Yavapai College’s Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree program, Aviation Technology – Helicopter Pilot. Skaggs, who served almost 11 years in the U.S. Marines, got hooked on helicopters during his first ride in the Marine Corp. when a CH-53 took him for … Continued
Guidance Aviation Celebrating Success at HELI-EXPO 2015 Guidance Aviation will be exhibiting at HELI-EXPO 2015, celebrating sustained growth and success. 2013 and 2014 brought much recognition to the organization with CEO John Stonecipher earning the United State’s Small Business Administration’s Business Person of the Year Award in Washington, D.C. and the organization’s launch of its … Continued
The Annual Sausage Feast may have passed, but no one can forget the sweet smelling sumptuous sausages of Ron Stoks during his bratwurst bonanza! Be expecting more videos like this with our special secret voice-over man! “Sometimes there is a man, a real man…..”
The dust-borne demigods of the sunburnt speedways once again converge on the rocky highlands of Prescott Arizona for the 2014 Prescott Rally. Produced by Guidance Aviation, this video provides both aerial views and dash cams of the Rally’s straightaways, cuts, and hair-pin turns. Nothing but “HELI-YEAH” in this video! This is the second year in … Continued
Robert Ardy, CFI-I, USAF Veteran, shares vectors to becoming a professional helicopter pilot [CAREER UPDATE 2-10-15: Rob Ardy starts new career flying helicopters for utility company. Congrats Rob!!!] Considering himself one of the “old guys” at work, Robert Ardy, CFI-I, 34, is a United States Air Force Veteran, former Police Officer, and now a Certificated … Continued
2014 NJCAA Men’s Division I Soccer National Championship Streaming Live On-Line via Guidance Aviation The Guidance Aviation media crew is bringing the 2014 NJCAA Men’s Division I Soccer National Championship to the Web Via Live Streaming Video, providing its mobile media van, media personnel, and three cameras to cover the fifteen championship games taking place … Continued
U.S. Air Force Puts Impossible Rotorcraft Mission in Play Mission Impossible 1947: Develop a helicopter capable of lifting heavy military vehicles up and over rivers, canyons, and other obstacles. This was the idea put forth by the Air Force. In 1947, a now well-known entrepreneur by the name of Howard Hughes bought the rights to … Continued
Video and Pictures of the 2014 Veterans Day Parade – Prescott, Arizona Guidance Aviation joined the nation in celebrating our Veterans on a picture perfect day during the Veterans Day Parade in Prescott, Arizona. John Stonecipher, CEO Guidance Aviation, his family, and Guidance Aviation staff members participated in the parade while National Bank of Arizona stepped … Continued
Ascension Veterans Associations 2014 Veterans Day Parade Guidance Aviation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana will be participating in the 2014 Ascension Veterans Associations Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, November 09, 2014, starting at 2:00pm local. The starting point will be at the Gonzales Civic Center and Irma Boulevard. We will be meeting at 42430 Church Point Road, … Continued