http://edgeaviation.com.au/news Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:25:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well about time I added to the blog! Bob and I had the pleasure of taking a new GA8 Airvan, manufactured in Latrobe Valley, up to Kununurra in the Kimberley Region. Alligator Airways in Kununurra had purchased 5 brand new Airvans to add to their fleet. Alligator conduct scenic flights ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/outback-trip/124 Well as I have said before the activity in the Flying School has far exceeded our expectations, which is fantastic. We will continue to provide a high quality of training and all the things that students expect. Friendly atmosphere, nice facilities and high quality training. It is important to us ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/getting-busier-and-busier/110 Wanting to try and provide a good and useful site for fellow aviators we have just included weather links on our Flight Training page. So if you want to check out the weather for booking in your lessons or you are about to head off on that weekend away then ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/website-changes/106 Just over a week ago we added a further Jabiru to the fleet. As you may be aware we had purchased two brand new J160D Jabiru's. These two aircraft have done 260 hours of training in the past less than a year. We are very pleased with the activity in ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/the-fleet-of-jabirus-grows/105 Congratulations Nick. Nick has showed what not quitting can do. Yes you get there and pass your Pilots Certificate test flight. Nick is now pushing ahead with getting his 5 hours solo flying so he can take his wife Anita and his kids and I think his brother for a local ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/nick-has-done-it-his-pilots-certificate/103 As I think I told everyone previously we purchased our own Cessna 172N. The problem was that it had these horrible brown and yellow stripes on it. Clearly not in keeping with the Edge Aviation red and black colour theme. So it had to go. After a bit of work ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/the-cessna-172n/99 Instructing is very rewarding to say the least. We take pride in ensuring our students receive training that is of a high standard at the same time ensuring they have a relaxing and fun time whilst at Edge Aviation. Having a student go on their first solo flight is just as ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/the-proud-instructor/97 Congratulations go to Ray Vickers of Heyfield. Ray started flying with us not long after we started training. Ray had a break in his training due to business commitments. However it did not take long before he was back in the groove and achieving that first solo flight. Ray was very ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/our-next-solo-student/94 Sorry about the lack of Blog content lately. We have been busy picking up new aircraft, repainting the stripes on the Cessna 172N and of course doing the flying training. We have also been pretty busy with our commitments with Gippsland Aeronautics at Latrobe Valley, so not much time for ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/at-last-im-back/90 Wanting to make sure we cater for our students wishing to also acquire their General Aviation Pilots Licence we decided to purchase a Cessna 172N. We stumbled across one that was in great condition both inside and out. The only problem that we could see with it was that it was ... http://edgeaviation.com.au/news/new-addition-to-the-fleet/80