http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2008 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 9:17:19 EDT TRAINING The industry group Woman in Aviation International is preparing to give away thousands of dollars in scholarships to deserving applicants, who can start putting in their bids for the funding this month. The group opened its applications process for the scholarships July 1. "We wanted to give... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/23061.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT FlightSafety, the world’s foremost aviation training company, delivers another first this year with the projected opening in late 2008 of a new Learning Center devoted principally to training for offshore... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/18183.html Tue, 1 Jan 2008 0:00:00 EST Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has opened a campus in Berlin. The campus will offer the master’s degree in aeronautical science and other degree programs, including ones in aviation maintenance... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/16871.html Thu, 1 Nov 2007 0:00:00 EDT Silver State Helicopters’ Air Traffic Control Academy will graduate 15 students Oct. 14, 14 of whom have been hired by the FAA. The company opened its first ATC school in New Braunfels... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/16498.html Fri, 12 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT In an effort to continue to improve helicopter education nationwide, Helicopter Foundation International (HFI), a Helicopter Association International (HAI) affiliated organization, is bringing its Professional Education Series to the West... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/14796.html Wed, 8 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT TRADITIONALLY, WE TELL YOU WHAT we’ve placed on the monthly issue’s cover in a sentence or two on our Table of Contents page. That would have been a challenge this month, since our cover is made up of a... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/14526.html Wed, 1 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Eighteen student pilots in Arizona have sued Silver State Helicopters alleging the flight training school lacked the resources necessary (helicopters, instructors and flight... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/14209.html Mon, 23 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT U.K. Flight School Takes Two Schweizer 300CBis Cabair Flying Schools, a United Kingdom-based group training pilots for almost four decades, has received its first two Schweizer Aircraft 300CBis. Cabair... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/13633.html Sun, 1 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT WIND IS DEFINED BY WEBSTER’S dictionary as a strong current of air. Although simple in definition, the effects of wind on an aircraft can be profound. To a pilot wind can be a friend or a foe, depending on its direction. Yet pilots seem to underestimate the consequences of this natural force fairly... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/11986.html Fri, 1 Jun 2007 0:00:00 EDT HUMAN ERROR. THAT’S THE COMMON EXPLANATION for helicopter accidents. We’ve all heard the statistics. Human error is the cause of 80 percent or more of all accidents. In a way, though, the problem is in the statistic itself. It’s been held as conventional wisdom so long — perhaps as... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/degree/9847.html Sun, 1 Apr 2007 0:00:00 EDT