CP Aviation Named Santa Paula, CA, Business Of The Year
Flight School Also Celebrates 25 Years In Business The Chamber of Commerce for the City of Santa Paula, CA recently named CP Aviation, Inc. its 2011 Business of the Year. Presented annually since 1983, CP Aviation is only the second airport business in Santa Paula to receive such recognition. The flight school will be honored at an awards luncheon on February 7, 2012.

Man disregarded no-fly order to go fly, feds say
NORFOLK During a day of flight instruction over Chesapeake Regional Airport last fall, pilot Andy Johnson, flying a vintage two-seater, performed a triple spin and other aerobatics, including a simulated engine failure that caused the plane to plummet from the sky.

Sioux Gateway seeks input on flight school
SIOUX CITY - Interested in learning to fly? If so, Sioux Gateway Airport wants to hear from you.

Air Marshals Gone Wild! Tales Of Sexism, Suicide and Bigotry
'Bunch of School Kid Punks,' Say Current and Former Air Marshals of Senior Managers Entrusted with Flight Safety

Margot Livesey’s ‘The Flight of Gemma Hardy’ takes ‘Jane Eyre’ into modern era
The first time I read “ Jane Eyre ,” I was 32 and teaching it to an energetic class of high school freshmen. After months of male-oriented fare such as “ The Odyssey ,” “ A Separate Peace ” and “ Lord of the Flies ,” most of the girls soaked up this stirring story of a young woman’s struggles, but predictably the boys cried, “Unjust! Unjust!” Revolt was a dangerous possibility (and I knew I’d be ...

Audit knocks state over flight school inspections
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A state audit says Michigan regulators have fallen behind in inspecting flight schools. The state Transportation Department is supposed to inspect schools every three years, but auditors found the rule was missed at 80% of 63 flight schools reviewed.

Aviation M.B.A.'s Take Off
Shailesh Kumar's fixation with flight started at an early age. As a boy in New Delhi, he devoured books about planes, spacecraft, and flying, he says.

Utah police probe school bombing plot
The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a home computer and a plan to flee the country, but no plane.

What’s going on today
American Flyers Flight School: Learn about flying small airplanes at noon at the DuPage County Airport, 3n040 Powis Road, West Chicago, during an open house and free barbecue. Training aircraft will be on display and guests are invited to tour the classrooms, flight line and flight simulators. No reservations required. Call 630-584-4700 or visit www.americanflyers.net/about/aviation_seminars ...

Student charged in Utah school bomb plot
The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a home computer and a plan to flee the country, but no plane.