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Part 141 vs Part 61

When choosing a flight school, aviation students can choose from two types of flight training schools — Part 61 flight instruction or a Part 141 flight school. While both types of flight instruction are perfectly legitimate methods of pilot training, there are advantages to receiving...

What’s the World’s Longest Flight?

Do you dream about flight training so that someday you can be the captain of an aircraft flying passengers internationally?  You might be interested in testing your knowledge then….do you know what the world’s longest flights are? You might say the U.S. is a big...

Aviation Quiz: What Did These Important Aviators Do?

Here are some famous names in aviation: Do you know what they did to become famous? In a previous blog posting, we talked about Wilbur and Orville Wright. To find out more about them, check that blog. Charles Lindbergh? Yuri Gagarin? Neil Armstrong? Chuck Yeager?...

Phoenix East Aviation Celebrates its 40th Anniversary Training Pilots

Phoenix East Aviation, Daytona Beach, Florida, is celebrating 40 years of training professional pilots for careers in aviation worldwide. The academy was founded in Massachusetts in 1972, later moving to its present location in Daytona Beach, Florida, to take advantage of what is arguably the...

Your First Pilot Training Flight – What to Expect

  Maybe you’ve never flown in a airplane before — many of us haven’t; we’ve just gone from one place to another on an airliner….or maybe you’ve decided you really want to fly for a career, but you’ve yet to even fly in an airplane. ...

Difference Between FAA Part 61 and Part 141 Flight Schools

  As you review information and decide on what U.S. flight school is best for you, some terms might be confusing.  One relates to a “Part 141” or a “Part 61” flight school.  What is the difference and which is best for you?   There...

Phoenix East Aviation Aircraft Displayed at Sun’N’Fun Air Show

Phoenix East Aviation was pleased to help out Diamond Aircraft, the manufacturer of some of the best aircraft in the world, at a recent aviation exhibition and air show in Florida. The DA-42 twin engine model, which is one of Phoenix East Aviation’s fleet of...

What Do Agricultural Pilots Make in Salary?

Have you ever heard of an agricultural pilot? These pilots fly aircraft that fertilize crops on large farms. As an agricultural pilot in the U.S. , you will earn approximately $40,000 a year, plus about $50 extra for each flying hour. After you have about three...

What’s the Largest Airport in the World?

Did you ever wonder what is the largest airport in the world, in terms of scheduled flights?  No, it’s not London or Dubai: It is Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. with 9 million seats each month available on flights going all over the world. What’s number two? ...