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Wondering if now is the time to become a pilot? According to Boeing’s Pilot and Technician Outlook 2022 – 2041, the answer is a resounding yes. The commercial aviation industry (minus business aviation and helicopter operations) will need 602,000 new pilots, 610,000 new technicians, and 899,000 new cabin crew personnel globally over the next 20… Continue reading Boeing forecasts need for 2.1 million aviation professionals

Bend, Oregon—ranked among the top ten places to live in the United States—is an outdoors paradise and home to Leading Edge Flight Academy (LEFA) and Leading Edge Aviation. This Pacific Northwest city enjoys more than 300 days of sunshine per year, providing the perfect location for flying. For nearly 20 years LEFA has specialized in… Continue reading Customer Spotlight on Leading Edge Aviation and Flight Academy

Students enrolled in Leading Edge Flight Academy of Bend, Oregon who need financial assistance will now have access to a new financing option to pay for their courses, thanks to our partnership with Sallie Mae.

We recently had the chance to chat with Eric Eichner, chief pilot of TEMSCO helicopters in Alaska, about the state of the helicopter industry and what they are looking for in each candidate they interview. For those who don’t know, TEMSCO is an acronym for Timber, Exploration, Mining, Survey, Cargo, Operations. TEMSCO was founded in… Continue reading Industry Spotlight: TEMSCO Helicopters

We hear it all of the time: “I want to get my private pilot license in two weeks.” Now, to an outsider, that may not seem outrageous; after all, the private pilot rating only requires 40 hours of flight time for FAA part 61 minimums. But those hours are more than just sitting behind the… Continue reading What is Flight Training?