Welcome to Winter Flying! Are YOU Ready?

Winter flying means it’s cold outside and that means our airplanes WANT to perform better for us! Yet, sometimes people struggle to see the forest through the trees… Similarly, pilots (student and certificated) sometimes miss the obvious! Today is the first … Continue reading

Flying for Food: Aero Diner @ KIJD

  What a quick month November was! Between my travels to visit Audra in Spain and the holiday season starting, I had very little time up to this week/weekend to fly for a good meal. The week of Thanksgiving was … Continue reading

Walking the Airfield, G550 Takeoff!

Being a member of the airport administration means that your day-to-day work is extremely varied, which is one of the great things about my day job as the assistant airport manager at New Bedford Regional Airport. On any given day … Continue reading

…and the Winner is…

If you followed the (semi-)live blog of the 2014 National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Region VII SAFECON during the last weekend of October then you know that Bridgewater State University won the first ReviewBeforeFlight Team Sportsmanship Award… Here’s how they did … Continue reading

Flying for Food: Gene Collette’s Airport Restaurant @ KFIT

What better way to spend a Sunday (late morning) than to go flying! An even better way to spend this kind of day…you guessed it, flying for a bite to eat! I can say that I have been to a … Continue reading

Live Blog for NIFA Region VII Competition, THIS WEEK!

We’ve added a new page to our website! For the next week or so we will host a semi-live blog of the NIFA Region VII flight competition! Here’s why we’ve done this… Each fall* teams representing the collegiate flight programs from … Continue reading

Getting to Know Christi Ellis, 99’s Eastern New England Chapter Chair

There are a variety of groups in aviation, each with a unique purpose. Most groups work to advance the aviation community, make it easier & more cost effective to fly and aim to inspire new pilots. Some groups do a … Continue reading

Learning while Time Building

Every flight should teach you something… Any time we go flying there is plenty we can learn; but occasionally there are flights that offer a variety of lessons for an inquisitive pilot. The private pilot license is a license to … Continue reading

NEW Team Sportsmanship Award Coming to NIFA Region VII this Year!

I am very proud to have the opportunity to sponsor a new team award for the NIFA Region VII competition this fall! The National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) is an organization that I believe in deeply. At the Region VII … Continue reading