Ryland Brough soloed on 8/8/2021 at the Henderson-Oxford (KHNZ) Airport.
Dmitry Bukhaltsev’s solo flight on 07/09/2021 at KHNZ.
Kayoko (Katie) Stewart passed her Private Pilot checkride on 07/06/2021.
Mike Zuber flew his first solo flight on 6/5/2021 at KHNZ
Clint Staples, a recent graduate of Embry-Riddle, passed his IFR Checkride on 03/20/21
Haley Jackson (AFROTC) takes her first flight at KHNZ on 01/22/21
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This tower at Chase City Municipal Airport (KCXE) is one of only two operational in the US from the VFR flying days in the ’20s.
Some incredible news from Empire Aviation student Connor McClanahan who wrote to let us know he “soloed the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II last month!” Connor started his flight training at Empire Aviation while a high school student and paid for all his lessons from after school jobs.
Would you like to ride … in a 1959 Piper Tri-Pacer? N2975Z is a beautifully restored PIPER PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer.
A memorial gathering of friends will be held at the Henderson-Oxford Airport from 2 – 4 pm on Saturday, February 17, 2018, to remember Mike.
Empire Aviation student and Durham resident Rick Gutlon uses his Private Pilots license to help animal rescue groups transport dogs to safety. Since 2011 he’s flown over 320 dogs (and 22 cats!) to safety in his C172E.
Empire Aviation’s Flight School is featured in this August 2017 article by Kathy Wolford of the Oxford Public Ledger.
Our Winter 2017 Private Pilot Ground School visited the NCDOT Division of Aviation and the Raleigh FSS on February 28, 2017.