06.18.10

Tangier Island Fly-out
Join us on Friday, June 18th for a step back in time and enjoy Chesapeake crab fresh from the boat.  Tangier Island is a great place for a fly-out, where its 750 inhabitants fish, crab, ride around the island on golf carts and speak Elizabethan English, which is spoken nowhere else in the world.  Reserve your plane for a 5pm departure and let the office know if you have room for additional passengers.

05.01.10

New Aviation Adventures Location
That's right.  We were selected by the Warrenton-Fauquier County evaluating committee to be the exclusive flight school at Warrenton (KHWY).  We are absorbing the SkyWorld Cessna Pilot Center instructors and aircraft, and are adding some new services, as well.  Our new facilities in the main building at HWY are newly repainted and carpeted, and we hope to start operations there in early May. 

05.15.10

International Learn to Fly Day

Aviation Adventures is participating in Learn to Fly Day.  Learn to Fly Seminars will be held at both offices at 10am and 1pm on May 15th.  Take a look at the Learn to Fly Day website for more information or go to the Manassas or Leesburg pages to get free tickets to a seminar.

 

04.11.10

Cessna 400 Ground School
In case you haven't heard, the beautiful Cessna Corvalis TT COL4, N400BA, has arrived at JYO.  Come join us for the Factory Authorized Corvalis ground school, meet our latest addition in person, and take the first step toward FL250!  Ray de Haan and Mike Gilbert will be hosting the class on Sunday, April 11th from 8am - 5pm in hangar A7.  Give us a call at JYO to sign up.  The cost is $225.  Hope to see you there!

03.27.10

High Altitude Operations Class
Join us on Saturday, March 27th for a High Altitude Operations class taught by Roger Coffman.  The class will run from 9am - noon in the conference room at Volo Aviation in Manassas.  The class will cover:  1) Ground training required by FAR 61.31(g)(1) towards the high altitude endorsement - Aerodynamics, meterology, and physiology related to operations at high altitudes. 2) Oxygen systems of the Cessna 182 Turbo Skylane and Cessna 400 Corvalis TT - System operation and maintenance, masks, canulas, pulse oximeter, and flight planning.  3) Economics - Learn when using the flight level-capable Cessna 182 Turbo Skylane or the Cessna 400 Corvalis TT is your most cost-effective aircraft choice.  You will want to take this class if you are planning on, or thinking about, getting checked out in the Turbo Skylane or Corvalis.  It will give you valuable background knowledge in preparation for flight at the higher altitudes.  Completion of this class counts toward the ground school requirement of the Cessna approved transition course required for checkout in the Corvalis.  You will want to take this class if you are interested in expanding your aviation knowledge.  Completion of the class entitles you to a logbook endorsement stating that you have completed the ground training required by FAR 61.31(g)(1) for operating pressurized aircraft.  The cost of the class is $45.  Please call the Manassas office to sign up.

03.16.10

CORVAWHAT?!
We now have a Cessna Corvalis TT in our fleet at Leesburg, as well.  N400BA is now available for rent out of JYO, and is the top of the line, fastest single-engine fixed gear aircraft available for rent anywhere.  If you're interested in getting checked out in this amazing aircraft, give us a call to get on the schedule and prepare to be impressed.

01.31.10

Fly-N-Ski
Join us on our next flyout to go skiing at Wisp in McHenry, MD (www.wispresort.com).  On Sunday, January 31st, we'll depart HEF & JYO at 7:30am to fly to Garrett County Airport (2G4).  From there we'll arrange for transportation to Wisp, and hit the slopes till we meet up to head back to the airport around 4pm.  If you're interested in going along for this flyout, get a plane (and instructor, if you need one) booked and give us a call at the office to let us know how many are going in your party, so we can make sure to have ample ground transportation arranged.  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to give us a call.

12.18.09

Christmas in NYC
Join us on Friday, December 18th, as we fly up the Hudson Corridor to view the NYC skyline during the beautiful Holiday Season.  We'll be meeting up at Monmouth Executive (KBLM) in NJ at noon, then departing to fly up the corridor from there, and head over to Teterboro (KTEB).  Those that wish to can take the bus that runs every 15 minutes into Manhattan to be a tourist for a bit, before returning to TEB to fly the route back and view the skyline at night.  We'll be departing TEB around 5:30 to return to VA.  Since this is a busy airspace to fly into, we are having a meeting on Wednesday, December 16th at 7 pm at the Leesburg Executive Airport.  We strongly encourage anyone going along for this trip to attend the meeting.  Please give us a call at the office and get a plane reserved if you care to join us for this most memorable experience!

11.21.09

Fly-Out to NYC & Hudson River Corridor

Join us on Saturday, Novemer 21st to view the Manhattan skyline and Lady Liberty from above, as we fly up the Hudson Corridor.  We plan to depart HEF & JYO around 8am.  After the flight up the corridor, you can head back to VA or land at Teterboro (TEB) and take the bus downtown Manhattan for shopping/sightseeing/a Broadway show/etc.

Since this fly-out requires lots of planning and organization, there will be a meeting beforehand to go over all the details.  The meeting will be on Thursday, November 19th at our office in Leesburg at 7pm.  Please come to the meeting with the performance figures of your aircraft, so you know how much fuel you can take with the passengers you're taking for fuel planning purposes.  Ther eis a lot to know when flying the Hudson Corridor or into Teterboro, so attendance at this meeting is highly encouraged if you plan to go on this fly-out.

If you'd like to go along to NYC, get your plane booked and give us a call at the office you'll be departing from.  The rain date, should we need it, will be Saturday, November 28th, but the meeting will still be on the 19th.

This trip is a great one for anyone needing more cross country time for your instrument or commercial requirements.  REgardless of whether you go just to see NYC & Lady Liberty, go for the shopping or go to meet some aviation requirements, we hop to see a lot of you join us for this awesome fly-out!

06.10.09

New Redbird Flight Simulators
On June 7th, a big truck pulled into town and began to off-load and build our new Redbird FTX Advanced Aviation Training Devices (AATDs).  The FTX is a Full Motion, that's right, Full Motion sim with over 200 ° of wrap-around color vision and supports the full range of VFR and IFR training.  If you can do it in the airplane, you can do it in the Redbird.  Redbirds have convertible cockpit panels that allow them to re-configure to emulate a variety of aircraft.  Leesburg's will be operational on June 10th and will be configured as a normally aspirated G-1000 C-182, for now.  Manassas's Redbird will be operational on June 11th, and will be configurable as a Garmin 430 equipped C-172 and a G-1000 Turbo 182.  The rental rate is going to be $75/hour, plus instructor.  If you want to see the Redbird in action, visit their website, then click on Media Gallery, then FMX.  The Redbirds are listed on the schedule now.  When you see a time you want, grab it.  All indications are that they will schedule quickly.  If you're interested in seeing more before you schedule, we are hosting a "Meet the Redbird" session on Saturday, June 13th from 1-2PM at Manassas.  This session is free.

05.31.09

School Callsigns
We have been approved by the FAA to use school callsigns.  Effective now, we are SKY VENTURES.  Not our first choice, but our previous 14 choices were already taken.  Here's how it works:  When you flile IFR, VFR or SFRA, instead of the tail number, put AVL and the number as it is listed on AircraftClubs.com.  For instance, list AVL31 instead of N16789.  Then, in the remarks section, put AVL=Sky Ventures, N16789.  When you go to fly, you are then Sky Ventures Three One.  This is recognized worldwide.  And if you really want to sound cool, when other Sky Ventures planes are pointed out as traffic, you get to reply, "Company traffic in sight".