Zach Solos on 16th Birthday!
A big 16th birthday excitement for BFC member Zachary! Zachary and CFI Fred Webster went up for a flight to make sure Zachary was up to the task of flying solo today on his birthday. CFI Fred said Zachary did an awesome job flying up to Minter Field for some pattern work. They did a […]
Colton Solos on 16th Birthday!
Mega BFC congratulations to Colton Spires for doing his first solo, and on his 16th birthday to boot! Colton had been looking forward to this day since beginning training over 2 years ago. “He’s been ready for this for over a year,” said CFI Bill, “but had to wait for this birthday to meet the […]
Tyler Williamson First Solo
G’day Everyone, Great news, Tyler did his first solo flight today at KBFL in C-172 N73977. We did a few patterns together to warm up and then I sent him on his way, I think he did better without me. He did three very nice landings and coped well with a few changes thrown at […]
Lonn Meeks – Solo
Lonn Meeks soloed 58E on July 13, 2018 at KMIT
Zuniga Gets His Wings: America’s Newest Airline Pilot!
Huge BFC kudos to Hector Marc Zuniga for passing his checkrides for his ATP and Type Rating at Envoy Airlines! He’s now an airline pilot!! Marc came to BFC just a couple of years ago wanting to learn to fly. He had his eye on becoming an airline pilot and he threw himself into his […]
Vive l’aviation! Pierre Solos!
Congratulations to Pierre-Orly Dupont for his first solo! Pierre has wanted to learn to fly since he was a kid, and is thoroughly enjoying his training with CFI Bill. Pierre plans to fly his family to fun destinations, and has even invited his wife along on some of his training flights – she loves to […]
Zach St. John, Commercial Pilot!
High fives to Zach for passing his Commercial checkride recently with DPE Donna. The same day he passed his checkride he could be seen with CFI Ed Dunlap flying in the right seat working toward his CFI. No moss growing here! Congratulation, Zach, way to go.
New Instrument Rated Pilot: Dave Long
Congratulations to Dave Long for passing his Instrument Rating checkride with DPE Donna Webster on March 12. Dave worked hard for this rating, and is already looking forward to working on his Commercial Certificate. Kudos to both Dave and CFI Adam for a job well done!
2018 BFC/FAASTeam Seminars Announced
Mark your calendars for a great year of monthly safety seminars. Wings credit is available. 2018 Seminar Schedule