Airport Fall: 2007
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…
Paul Hesse, Owner, Empire Aviation, CFII, Gold Seal Flight Instructor, 2002 North Carolina Flight Instructor of the Year
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Wayne Webster completed his CFI in April after many years of flying with his commercial license. +50 years of general aviation and many years of flying and teaching ground school classes will enable him to share and pass on many…