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.