North-Aire attends the Career and Education Fair at MCAS Yuma!

North-Aire Aviation was pleased to attend the Career and Education Fair at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.  This career fair, hosted by the MCCS (Marine Corps Community Services) Yuma’s Transition Assistance Program and Lifelong Learning Program, was intended to inform military personnel about opportunities to use their Post 9/11 Montgomery GI Bill benefits upon leaving their military services as well as career opportunities with various industry employers who are ready to hire former military personnel. 

David Yeley and Jason Kopcsak attended the Career Fair and talked to people about the Associates Degree in Applied Science: Professional Pilot program through Yavapai College and North-Aire Aviation.   Through this program veterans may receive an Associate’s Degree as well as Pilot’s Certificates from Private through Certified Instrument Flight Instructor in two years.  This degree and experience helps to prepare veterans for an aviation career that may range from Professional Flight Instruction, Corporate Aviation, or even Airlines

Other schools participating in the Education Fair include: Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, Troops to Teachers, DeVry University, Grand Canyon University and many others.  The Career Fair hosted employers from many industries who are ready to employ military personal upon their discharge from their military service.  These employers include: Border Patrol/U.S. Customs, Lockheed Martin, Tucson Police Department, Empire CAT, City of Yuma Police Department and many more.

North-Aire looks forward to attending many more Career and Education Fairs at public events, high schools and military bases in the future.

Prescott Airport News - Prescott Airport and ERAU to host Regional Flight Team Competition

Prescott Airport and ERAU to host Regional Flight Team Competition –

Plans are underway to host the regional flight team competition at the Prescott Airport November 8th through the 13th of this year.  The regional competition will bring in college flight teams from around the greater South West region for competitions involving aerial skill.  Similar to the event hosted in 2008, Prescott Airport and ERAU are partnering closely to make this event a great success.  25 aircraft and teams are expected to participate in this event.  Airport users can expect a high amount of pedestrian and aircraft traffic to be utilizing the North Ramp during this event.  Additionally, the events will utilize runway 21R/3Land Taxiway A.  Users can expect restrictions of Twy A and Rwy 21 Respecially on November 11th and 12th.  Please watch for the NOTAMs for this event.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks
Ben 

Sincerely,

BenjaminVardiman, ACE
Airport Manager
Prescott Municipal Airport
Ernest A. Love Field
6546 Crystal Lane
Prescott, AZ86301
Office: (928)-777-1114
Fax: (928)-771-5861
Email: ben.vardiman@prescott-az.gov

NEW YAVAPAI COLLEGE AND NORTH-AIRE FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAM CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF

New Yavapai College and North-Aire Flight Training Program Cleared for Takeoff

Enrolling now for Spring semester

For Immediate Release

PRESCOTT, Ariz./Oct. 21, 2011 --- North-Aire Aviation LLC announces it has been chosen to provide the flight-training component of Yavapai College's new Professional Airplane Pilot Flight Program.

Starting in January, this relationship allows both veterans and civilians to couple an Associate of Applied Science Degree with advanced flight certifications, providing a career path into the aviation industry. The program allows veterans who qualify for the post 9/11 GI Bill Program to take fixed wing flight courses through Yavapai College.

According to North-Aire Aviation spokesperson Justin Scott, "Through our program's unique partnership with Yavapai College, veterans and civilians alike have access to an FAA-certified Part 141, Part 61 flight school through a public community college."

North-Aire has been in business since 1973 as a Cessna pilot center providing private pilot through ATP certificates to students representing all 50 states and 47 countries.

Other certificates offered include high altitude and aerobatic training as well as seaplane ratings and tail wheel endorsements.

For more information on the new flight training program, contact Renee Alanis at the Yavapai College Admissions Office (renee.alanis@yc.edu).

Anyone interested in learning more about Yavapai College Aviation Degree programs should visit http://www.yc.edu.

North-Aire can be reached at (928) 445-8320, info@northaire.com, or http://www.northaire.com.

CONTACT:
Justin Scott
North-Aire Aviation
6543 Crystal Lane
Prescott, AZ 86301
PHONE. 928.713.6006
EMAIL: justin@northaire.com
http://www.northaire.com

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North-Aire Attends Annual Phoenix Area College Fair with Yavapai College

October 3rd 2011

On Sunday North-Aire’s, Spencer Livengood and Mike Coligny along with Cornelia Moskov attended
the Annual Phoenix Area College Fair held at the Phoenix Convention Center. The attendance was
in partnership with and in anticipation of Yavapai College’s and North-Aire’s forthcoming Airplane
Professional Pilot Program (pending board approval). Local High School juniors and seniors from the region had the opportunity to check out over 100 Colleges and Universities from throughout the United States.

Spence Livengood CFI & Cornelia Moskov Yavapai College

With over 5,000 attendee’s, everyone was kept busy answering the many questions about Yavapai
College and their aviation programs as well as flight training in general.

Julie Filucci from Cessna Pilot Centers Visits North-Aire: Online Courses and Guided Independent Flight Training Program (GIFT).

North-Aire invited Julie Filucci from Cessna to tour the North-Aire Flight Line.  North-Aire has been a Certified Cessna Pilot Center for over 20 years and looks forward to taking part of the technologically advanced training programs that are being released by Cessna, King Schools and Redbird Sims.

Julie also met with representatives from Yavapai College to discuss the pending relationship between North-Aire and Yavapai College to provide an Associates of Applied Science Professional Pilot - Airplane degree program.  Through the discussions we have found how much Cessna's new innovative programs will fit in with the degree program and the technology driven goals of Yavapai College.  Contract negotiations are under way and pending board approval.

Julie provided an overview of the Sport/Private and Instrument Courses which are now available ONLINE.  This courseware allows you to do your training anytime, anywhere, with no software to download on your computer.  If you are an Ipad user, you are able to complete your training via Ipad with the appropriate Flash applications.

Julie also explained more about the Cessna Pilot Center's Guided Independent Flight Training (GIFT) Program.  GIFT is a technologically advanced flight training program which utilizes Cessna Aircraft, King Schools Training Courses and Redbird Sims to reduce training time and cost by allowing the students to do guided flight training in the simulator, without an instructor, to be better prepared for  the flight lesson with their instructor.

North-Aire is excited to take advantage of these resources as a Cessna Pilot Center so as to continue to provide the highest level of training at the most reasonable cost.

North-Aire attends the AOPA Flight Training Student Retention Initiative featuring John and Martha King as well as Rod Machado!

August 29, 2011

North – Aire’s Justin Scott and Mike Coligny were invited and travelled to Long Beach, California on Wednesday, August 10^th to attend an AOPA sponsored initiative focusing on how the flight training industry can change to positively improve student experiences resulting in lower student attrition.

The group was tasked with reviewing specific focus areas including: instructor effectiveness, instructor support, customer focus/service, community and information sharing.

There were several notable participants including John and Martha King and aviation author and lecturer Rod Machado.

Justin with John and Martha King

Justin and Mike report the meeting was a success with not only allowing North Aire to voice its concerns and recommendations to the industry through AOPA but many relevant and innovative approaches were discussed that were applicable to North Aire. This kind of meeting is a win win for all of the participants.

As this initiative moves forward with a final report due out at AOPA’s Summit in September, we will continue to report on the progress.