“Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.”
– Victor Hugo

Check out our list of upcoming event listing below, including “May 17th – Learn to Fly Day” and our price discount on “Amazon Local”.

WINGS Challenge – Spring Sprint to Safety

To start get an early start to spring flying, on Saturday, January 18, Bob McCabe, Freeflight  Aviation Flight Instructor and FAA Safety Team Representative presented a seminar on the WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program.   It was a great success – despite the snow, we had twenty-two participants! 

To add a little fun and friendly competition to advancing our safety training, Bob is sponsoring a “WINGS Challenge – Spring Sprint to Safety” competition. Between February 1 and June 1, 2014, the pilot who completes the most number of knowledge and flight activities and completes any phase of the WINGS program will receive ONE HOUR OF FREE FLIGHT INSTRUCTION from Bob toward any WINGS flight activity. 

This offer is open to any certificated pilot. If you do not currently have a WINGS account or have forgotten how to log in, please contact Bob and he will walk you through it. His contact information appears below. Pilots are responsible for providing the aircraft for the instruction session.

Wings Challenge to our “FREEFLIGHT AVIATION” Flight Instructors.

Be part of this “WINGS Challenge” and offer your services to the second place or third place winner?   

Flight Instructor Don Eck has accepted our chanenge and will offer 1 hour of flight instruction to the runner up.  Thanks Don for participating!

Congratulations

Congratulations to Bob McCabe, winner of the 2014 General Aviation Award for Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) of the Year for the FAA Philadelphia Flight Standards District Office.

The mission of the General Aviation Awards program is to recognize individual aviation professionals on the local, regional, and national levels for their contributions to aviation, education, and flight safety.

The program is a cooperative effort between more than a dozen general aviation industry sponsors and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 

Notable Accomplishments

Solo
Chuck Parker,  Shannon Wea’s Student in the C172. 
Tom Roberts, Don Eck’s Student in the C152

New Pilot 
Matt Horan, Tony Scott’s Student in the Diamond DA20

Commerical Rating
Adam Enders, Bob McGuigan’s Student in the Piper Arrow

Upcoming Events 

Freeflight and the Aviation Community

Learn To Fly in New Jersey at Freeflight Aviation Today!

Presently we are offering a 1/2 hour Discovery Flight Package on Amazon for anyone interested in taking a flight.  Get your 1/2 hour Discovery Flight Package soon, before they are all sold out.

 

 June 7: Aerospace Days at the Flying W Airport (N14) 9:00 AM to 3:00PM

July 28 to August 1: Aerospace Camp at the Flying W Airport (N14)

August 4 to August 8: Aerospace Camp at the Flying W Airport (N14)

August 11 to August 15: Aerospace Camp at the Flying W Airport (N14)

COME TAKE A FLIGHT WITH US!
 

Aircraft are not designed for cold weather.  We have found a few great articles on cold weather flying.  One from AOPA – The Weather Never Sleeps, from Skybrary - Cold Weather Operations Checklist for VFR Flights, a few links from Aviation Safety, and from the CAP – a C172 cold weather starting incident.  Good recommendations include: check your POH for cold weather procedures, a good preflight, check for fuel contamination, and of course, weather conditions.  Be careful out there.

Oh Yes, Baby It’s Very Cold Outside!

Santa’s Test Run

Norad and Santa have completed their test flight and getting ready for next Wednesday deliveries.  Have you been naughty or nice this year?

Gift of Flight

Maybe Santa will deliver a Freeflight Aviation Discovery Flight Package Gift Certificate to you for Christmas.  Freeflight offers a 1/2 hour Discovery Flight Package Gift Certificate for $105.00 and a 1 hour Discovery Flight Package for $198.00.  Let us be one of Santa’s helpers for your shopping this holiday season.  Need your gift certificate fast?  We can take your order over the phone, email you a paid receipt along with your Freeflight Aviation Gift Certificate.

Discovery Flight Packages

Our Monthy Newsletter

Freeflight Aviation invites you to take a peep at our December Monthly Newsletter.  See some of the adventures taken by our flight school members and learn why we fly.  Checkout our event section at the end our newsletter to learn places you can visit with an aircraft.

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Holiday Shopping, Gift Certificates.
The beginning of the holiday shopping season, small business saturday the day afterwards, and our passion of the giving of gift certicates are some of the many rituals of our gift giving shopping season.   Freeflight Aviation is a small business, our passion is flight, and we offer gift certificates for the Holiday Season.

Discovery Flight Gift Certificate Packages

Looking for that Special Pilot Gift?
Flying Magazine has a few suggestions.  If fact, we would be happy to receive of few of their suggested gifts.  Leaving Terra Firma also has a great list of gifts for the pilot.  We can offer Flight Training Materials, Headsets, T-shirts, Aircraft Checklists, Headset Bags, Fuel Testers, Gift Certificates, and more.

Harrison Ford Flight Training Scholarship Available
As chairman of EAA’s Young Eagles program for five years (2004-2009), Harrison Ford made a wonderful contribution to the general aviation community. Angela and Jim Thompson created a scholarship honoring his enduring legacy on behalf of youth and general aviation. This $7,500 scholarship helps young people achieve their dreams of flight and is available to Young Eagles who are enrolled in the Sporty’s Learn to Fly Course offered as part of the Young Eagles Flight Plan. Application deadline is December 31, 2013. Apply today!

Holidays usher in that time of the year when leisure replaces work as a priority.
You are filled with a joyous exuberance to explore, travel and learn. So indulge in laziness. Spend time with your loved ones and let your heart dance.   There will be music by “The Class Action Band”.  Great food, planned by the famous airport manager, Mindy and her gang.  So come join us for some fun, family, and  camaraderie December 14th starting at 7 PM for our Annual Holiday Party at the Flying W Airport.  Please call 609-267-7673 for tickets.

Holiday Party at N14

Freeflight Aviation Flight School Members Maintenance Seminar. 

Everything you ever wanted to know about Aircraft for winter flying and more.  Plus Hotdogs on the Grill. Sunday October 27^th at 1 PM!

An Aircraft Seminar at the Freeflight Maintenance Hanger

by A & P, IA Mechanic – Frank Hicinbothem

A new engine installation!

Discussion will include such items as the aspects of preheating aircraft for this coming winter weather. Why and how to pre-flight for safe operations. Frank will show you where all the magic happens and how. How to avoid a $30,000 dollar carburetor engine fire, and more.

Please bring your bag of questions.  We will all learn something!  All flight instructor are invited to come, contribute, and share their knowledge, concerns, and experiences.

Starting October 4th

Freeflight Aviation will start a Private Pilot Ground School, taught by our flight instructor, Shannon Wea. 
This course will run for nine weeks, on Friday evenings, from 6 PM to 9:30 PM.
This Class is for anyone thinking about getting their Private Pilot License, working on their license, or just needing a review!

Cost for the nine Friday Classes is only $225.00.

A Private Pilot Training Kit is recommended for the PPL Ground School.
Freeflight Aviation is offering a $20.00 discount on the Jeppesen Flight Training Kit for any one taking Shannon’s class until November 1^st.  If interested, please call or send us an email.

So Let’s Go Flying!

In our Diamond DA20  or our Cessna C172, or check out list of Aircraft !

Our Flight Instructor Gene with his students. 

Mid-Atlantic Aviation Coalition Announces
2014 Annual Meeting and Spot Landing Contest.

The 2014 annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Coalition will be held on Saturday, September 21, at Solberg Airport (N51).  The event will be held concurrently with a Spot Landing Contest presented by Aviation Explorer Post 107, based at Somerset Airport.

Both events will begin at 2:00 p.m. Please bring chairs for you and your guests.
A donation of $10.00 is requested to cover expenses.

FREEFLIGHT AVIATION has joined with Dominion Aircraft to begin development as a Diamond Flight Center.  Diamond Aircraft is a global organization committed to delivering 21st century aircraft that pilots want.  Diamond has built a network of Diamond Flight Centers (DFC) across North American that are an exclusive group of schools committed to providing high quality flight training using Diamond aircraft and Diamond specific training to ensure you training experience will be the best in the industry. 

More Possiblities from Diamond Aircraft 

DiamondShare™ Share & Save program, you can dramatically reduce your total cost of ownership while enhancing your overall aircraft ownership experience.  Visit DiamondShare to learn more about their program today.

This program is unique to any other program and helps leaseback owners justify ownership of a new Diamond DA20 or DA40 as a leaseback aircraft to a flight school of their choice. Visit DiamondLeaseBack for additional information.

DiamondShare

A Light Breakfast with the US Air Force

JESSICA L. KOSISKY, SSgt, USAF the 314 RCS Line Officer Recruiter invites you to a 9:30 am light breakfast with Freeflight Aviation on Thursday, August 29th. 

Subject of the Breakfast Discussion: USAF 2014 Flight Training & Rated Officer Opportunities (Ages 18-28)
The United States Air Force is currently seeking motivated 2013 & 2014 graduates for this year’s rated officer selection board. The career opportunities available via this selection board include: 

1. Pilot
2. Combat Systems Officer
3. Air Battle Manager
4. Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot
Please visit our Eventbrite link to register.

Oshkosh!

The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration, 2013 AirVenture has passed.  Many memories of this year’s airshow will remain in all those attending.  If you missed any part of 2013 AirVenture, there are many great videos on Youtube and on the AirVenture 2013 Channel.

One of the many videos to watch on Youtube.

The EAA Eagle Flight Program

An Introductory flight experiences for adults, similiar to the Young Eagle Program, except for adults.   Freeflight would like to suggest EAA members take any adult interested in a flight, for an airplane ride.  We have a few Eagle Flight Registration forms to register your passenger for their Eagle Flight.  We would like to suggest you and your passenger become members in our local EAA Chapter, #1348.  The EAA Local Chapters are part of the EAA’s great organization.  These local chapters with their knowledge and experience are a great mentoring program for you and your passenger.  Our local EAA Chapter 1348, meets at the South Jersey Regional Airport the last Monday of every month.  So, we would like to see our flight school members become Eagle Flight Volunteers.  Let’s make a commitment to help grow aviation.  Become a member of EAA and share your passion of aviation.  See the Guide Lines for becoming an Eagle Flight Participant.

Eagle Flights

The New Philadephia Class B Airspace is in effect.

New Charts are available at the Flying W Airport (N14) and South Jersey Regional Airport (VAY).

Review of Class B Airspace

Freeflight New Private Pilot Licenses!

Steve student, Katie in the C152

Tony student, Adam in the Diamond DA20

Ott student, Justin in the Piper Warrior

Gene student, Ron in the C172 

Solos

Tony student, Brandon in the Diamond DA20

Tony student, Chris in the C172

Late Summer Rental Special

Get checked out in our Piper PA-28R-200 Arrow, 200 hours required for the check and a Non Owner’s $25,000 hull policy for this retractable aircraft required per the owners request.  Avemco offers a $25,000 aircraft hull policy. 

Great summer pricing now available: $140.00 per hour. $135.00 for a 10 Block, $132.00 for a 20 hour block.

Visit our home airport, The Flying W Airport and Resort, for their latest events.  From Open Mic Night, Concerts, Motor Cycle Rallys, Personal Parties, they offer a little bit of everything to our local Medford NJ area.

We have added a new aircraft to our NJ Fleet. 

A 1969 piper PA-28R-200 Arrow.  A great complex trainer. 

If you have 200 hours PIC, you can get checked out in our Piper Arrow.  For additional requirements see our Aircraft – Piper Arrow Page.

Get your complex rating, give us a call today!

Check our PA-28R-200 link above for our NJ Summer special.

Thunder.. 

“Thunder over the Boardwalk” coming to Atlantic City Wednesday, June 26. 

Join Freefight Aviation our our Annual Treck to this Airshow.

We like to take the train into AC instead of driving.  If you are interested in joining us for the day, please visit our “Meetup Group” event page. 

2012 Thunder Over the Broadwalk

A Great Story

William Lorton’s Spitfire 944.

A true-life story, Lorton has discovered rare 16mm footage of a 1944 spitfire crash and tracks down the pilot, now an 83-year-old World War II veteran to show him the footage.

Saturday May 18, 2013  

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Learn to Fly Day and Open House at the Flying W Airport – N14

Medford, NJ

REGISTER NOW!

Learn More About Flying Today!

“When April steps aside for May,
Like diamonds all the rain-drops glisten;
Fresh violets open every day:
To some new bird each hour we listen.”
-  Lucy Larcom

He who would learn to fly one day 
must first learn to stand and walk
and run and climb and dance;
one cannot fly into flying.
-Friedrich Nietzsche

Sign Up HERE

for OUR May 18th “Learn to Fly Day and Flying W Airport Open House”

or read more about our event below.

This time of year is filled with ancient rituals.

Rituals that ensure the survival of the natural world including the building of Bird Nests. 

Being of like mind, spring renews the passion of flight and brings a draw to the outside world, the airport.  We the human flyer and our little feathered friend feel the spring urge to come to the airport.  We bring our urge to fly and build a seasonal home as the year springs forth.  Ours, in the aircraft we decide to fly.  For our feathered friends, a place to call home and raise a family.  

Unfortantely, we both cannot call the aircraft our home. 

Hence, we, the human, must preflight the aircraft with great care to prevent our feathered friends from making our their home, our aircraft.   

Ahh, the saga of the “nesting birds“ !  Hopefully we will have no Angry Birds  at the airport.

Ancient Myths and Legends of Flight

According to this article,  man-kind history was a dream to soar through the sky like a bird.  When April steps aside for May, May has become the seasonal month in the aviation community to believe in the impossible dream of taking flight. 

In a cooperative effort set in motion by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) of pilots, companies, governments, and organizations in countries around the world to raise interest in flying and encourage current pilots to get others involved in aviation, created International Learn to Fly Day.

International Learn to Fly Day is celebrated yearly on the third Saturday of May.  

Learn to Fly Day and Open House at the Flying W Airport

Please join us for our Learn to Fly Day and Open House at the Flying W Airport, May 18th from 10 AM to 4 PM.  Please visit our “Event Link” to Register for our our Learn to Fly Day and Open House at the Flying W Airport Event. 

This is your chance to learn more about your local airport.  We invite you to ask questions about our airport, our aircraft, our flight school, learning to fly an aircraft or a helicopter.  This is your day to learn more about us, our passion, our community.

Come early and join our aviation community for breakfast at the Runway Café.  Come later and enjoy lunch.  The Café has a great view of the taxiway and runway, and is open from 8 AM to 4 PM.

Freeflight Aviation will display some of our favorite aircraft.  Our feature aircraft for this event will be our Diamond DA20 and Diamond DA40 Aircraft.  Freeflight offers flight training in a Diamond DA20 and DA40.  Through one of our flight school members, we offer a flight time share program in a G1000 Diamond DA40.

And, best of all, one of our previous flight school members purchased a DA40, for flight enjoyment.  It’s an aircraft his family enjoys, and is often used to take family vacations.

Our local Diamond Distributer may provide us with additional Aircraft for display, and explain some of the Diamond Aircraft programs for leasing back an aircraft with a flight school, and the Diamond Share Program.

The Diamond Aircraft are known for their safety record and their modern glass panel of avonics.  Additional information on these systems can be found on the Diamond Aircraft and GlassPilot websites.

Our local EAA Chapter, 1348, will offer Young Eagle Flights to young adults, ages 8-17.  These flights are offered on a first come bases, so, please come early, if you are interested in a flight around the patch (our beautiful airport). 

We encourage young adults interested in a career path with aviation to visit the Young Eagle website and take the Sporty’s Online Fly Course.  If this course is completed, the young adult will be sent a certificate for a first flight lesson at any participating flight school, including Freeflight Aviation.

Freeflight would like to offer you the chance to take a 1/2 hour or 1 hour Discovery Flight.  When you Register for our International Learn to Fly Day Event at the Flying W Airport, you can purchase one of these flights. 

You can also purchase our Discovery Flight Package, and use it for another day.  It’s up to you.

A $99.00 Coupon for a 1/2 hour Discovery Flight Package is available on our Freeflight Meetup Group Event Page.

We hope to see you May 18th.   

Please come for a visit and enjoy the day at the Flying W Airport! 

YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO VISIT WITH US AND OUR LOCAL AIRPORT ANYTIME.

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