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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.