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Professional Student Pilot News
Come back to this web site to get the latest news for our
Professional flight students. We've decided to use this
web page to communicate everything going on at Ahart that will
effect both our Professional student pilots as well as all of
our other customers. If you have any suggestions for
improvement, please don't hesitate to ask!
Announcements.
Last Updated May 18th, 2009
| June
22nd, 2009 |
A new Frequently
asked questions section has been created on our web
site. Take a look! |
| June
22nd, 2009 |
Fuel prices have increased again, so Ahart is forced to
start charging a fuel surcharge to all of its customers.
For more details, please ask any of our dispatch personnel. |
| June
4th, 2009 |
Fuel prices are beginning to rise. Ahart was paying
$4.00 a gallon for fuel, and is now paying $4.23 per gallon.
We will be forced to start a fuel surcharge if prices rise
above this level. |
| May
14th, 2009 |
The Professional Pilot Cost sheet has been changed to
reflect an administrative fee for all new professional pilot
students (starting May 1st, 2009). Existing students
will not be affected. This new administrative fee will
be used to pay for management of Part-141 records as well as
paying agents/brokers. |
| May 1st,
2009 |
N64204 and N90558 prices are changing a bit to reflect cost
increases for both aircraft. You can see details
here. |
| March
9th, 2009 |
A Part-141 IFR Ground school is now being formed for March
19th. Contact the front desk to sign up! |
| February
12th, 2009 |
N6165M is back on-Line! During the engine break-in
flight I did the evening of the 12th, I was getting anywhere
from 85 - 92 knots true air speed. A 3 and a half hour
flight in a great plane! We are planning on replacing
the control panel and dash on the plane to make it look
newer and more pleasing to look at and fly. |
| February
7th, 2009 |
N6165M is getting a new engine! The engine in N6165M
was close to it's overhaul hours so we have decided to
install a new engine. The engine should be installed
and ready to go the week of the 8th. Performance and
reliability will be increased with this new engine
installation. Enjoy! |
| February
1st, 2009 |
- A new cost sheet has
been created showing the newly priced $500.00 ground school
for our Part-141 students. You can find it
here.
- A new section of this web page has been added
documenting a number of our procedures. Please
take a look at it by clicking here.
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| January
31st, 2009 |
If you were
accidentally overcharged for your apartment in 2008 or in
January of 2009, your account will be credited no later than
February 6th, 2009 for the difference. The cost of
your apartment and the lease will be made available to you
by request. |
| January
30th, 2009 |
Private Pilot,
Instrument Pilot and Commercial pilot Part-141 ground school prices drop
to $500.00. This is the 'group' ground school that is
taken in our classroom setting. Note: If you are
a current student at Ahart Aviation and you have already
paid $1,000.00 for your Private Pilot ground school, we will
let you take the Instrument ground school for free. |
| January
29th, 2009 |
The Professional Pilot
program cost sheet has been changed to reflect the reduction
in the cost of fuel here at Ahart. Please click
here
to see more. If fuel prices rise in the coming months,
we may have to begin charging a fuel surcharge again - but
you will be notified before that happens. |
| January
27th, 2009 |
Our Cessna 172P -
N90558 is now only available for Private Pilots and above.
No student pilot's should be flying this aircraft as our IFR
students and local pilots are not being given a chance to
fly the aircraft. Contact the office for more
information or email Bill: bill@ahart.com |
Please contact the office if you have any questions about anything
you read on this web site or email me (Bill) at
bill@ahart.com.
Be safe flying!
Overview of some of the Procedures at Ahart
Aviation Services - Safety first!
At Ahart Aviation Services, we pride ourselves on safe planes, safe
pilots and courtesy/consideration to all of our customers. To
that end, we ask that our customers and students (all of them, not
just our professional student pilots) abide by a number of some
pretty common-sense procedures.
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Please arrive on time for your flight or ground
lesson. By doing this, everyone benefits as schedules can
be maintained and teaching continued without delays.
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When flying, please return on time. By
doing this, you will be able to provide the next
customer/student with the plane they have reserved.
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When you reserve an aircraft, make sure you
reserve it for a reasonable amount of time. For private
pilot, you normally will reserve the aircraft for 2 hours at a
time unless you are flying on a cross country flight. If
you will be reserving an airplane for longer than 2 hours,
please add comments to the reservation so we know why you are
scheduling the aircraft for that amount of time.
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You can reserve any airplane you are certified
to fly in, but only once per day. Please only reserve a
152 once a day or a 172 once a day (etc.). On the day of
your reservation however, you may reserve the same model
airplane on that day only if an airplane is available.
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If you have any questions about what you are
being charged for, please don't be shy to let management know of
the problem. We will take immediate action to make sure
every customer is treated fairly.
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When taxiing and parking the airplane you are
flying, please stay on the yellow line on the taxi-way and don't
'spin' the plane for parking. This is to avoid possible
damage to the plane and your own personal safety. You can
read an article about the damage that can be caused
here.
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After your flight, please make sure you tie down
the aircraft properly and insert the gust lock in the yoke.
If a sudden gust of wind comes up, the airplane could be flipped
over and have to go into repair. You can see how to
tie-down your aircraft
here.
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After your flight, make sure you lock up the
airplane. Someone could get into the airplane, take
equipment or even damage the aircraft. You can see an
article about this
here.
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If you find anything wrong with an airplane that
you are going to be flying that you do not feel comfortable
with, please call the front office immediately. Airplanes,
when used as much as ours are used, can break down, just like
anything else. Don't be discouraged, we will get you into
another airplane or adjust the one you are concerned about.
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Follow the Federal Aviation Administration's
regulations and rules. Why? People have been killed
for simple infractions of those rules. If you do not
follow them, you could loose your ability to fly or even worse,
your life. For an example of this, please click
here.
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When landing your airplane, be sure you don't
have your feet on the brakes. By doing this, you can cause
the plane to have a flat tire which will create expense for the
airplane's owner and inconvenience for the next customer or
student who will using the airplane. For more details,
click
here.
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If you are an international student, and want to
purchase a car, please contact the office and talk to Bill or
Blanche on the best way to get setup for a car in the United
States. You will need to get insurance and register the
car before you can drive it, and we can help you get all setup
for that. We're here to help.
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