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FAA Safety Team We heard you saying you wanted a venue for ongoing seminars, informal gatherings, and fly-out events—we listened! The Flight Center will host a variety of flying activities to meet your interests and schedules, including safety seminars and WINGS programs on a monthly basis. We are also sponsoring fly-out events to great destinations on a regular basis. Call us for more details on these scheduled events or to book space, where applicable. Also, we welcome your suggestions for what you'd like to hear or where you'd like to go!

All “Flying After Hours” programs are free of charge and qualify as FAA “Wings” Safety Programs under the jurisdiction of the FAA Safety Team. Take advantage of the fly-outs to knock the dust off your flying skills, or take an instructor along to get a Flight Review or IPC. We will be happy to line you up with a rental aircraft and/or CFI to accompany you on these fun group flying events and brush up your skills as needed.

Here's a list of our scheduled events for the next few months.

SEPTEMBER
  • G1000 PanelSaturday September 13, 8:00 am to 12:00pm - Garmin G1000 Ground School. - Bradley Sullivan will present the revolutionary Garmin G1000 glass cockpit - the most intelligent flight - deck package ever to fly on a general aviation aircraft. The G1000 integrates all primary flight, engine and sensor data to provide intuitive, at a-glance situational awareness. Real-time, flight-critical information is presented on two big, colorful 10.4-inch active matrix LCD displays - bringing new levels of safety and confidence to single-engine aircraft. The G1000 creates the irresistible combination of the future of flight with the world's most-embraced, most-flown aircraft ever. After you complete the ground training course, (if you desire) you will be teamed up with a qualified G1000 instructor to schedule the flight portion of your aircraft checkout. Location: West Star Aviation Training Room Cost: $60 Please call us at 254-0444 to register, or download the registration form.
  • Tuesday, September 16, 7:00 pm - "Flying After Hours:" GJT Tower Operations Cost: No charge. Location: CAF Hangar. This is another of our ongoing FAA "WINGS" Safety Seminars; please register at the FAA Safety Program web site so we know how many to expect.
  • Yellowstone National ParkFriday thru Sunday, September 19th thru 21st. Yellowstone National Park Flyout Join us for a weekend trip to Yellowstone National Park. The price is $650.00 per couple/plane, and includes two nights’ accommodation at the West Yellowstone Days Inn, ground transportation to and from the hotel, one Yellowstone loop tour for two, National Park entrance fee, a thorough flight briefing, VFR sectional charts, navigation log, and a CFC guide. Meals are not included. Please call us at 254-0444 for special pricing if you will have other than two people or need more than one room at the lodge. Please fill out the registration form and send with payment to us at 800 Heritage Way, Grand Junction, CO 81506, or fax the registration form to 254-0445. Please register by Friday, September 12th.
  • Friday thru Sunday, September 26th thru 28th. Airshow! Western Colorado 2008. Colorado's Premier Air Show will take place at the Grand Junction Regional Airport. See Details
OCTOBER
  • National Weather ServiceTuesday, October 21, 7:00 pm - "Flying After Hours:" National Weather Service Forecasts and Other Services for Aviators Jim Pringle from the National Weather Service will cover the wide range of services available to aviators from the National Weather Service, as well as how those services can be obtained. Additionally, weather patterns in the intermountain area will also be presented. Cost: No charge. Location: CAF Hangar. This is another of our ongoing FAA "WINGS" Safety Seminars; please register at the FAA Safety Program web site so we know how many to expect.
NOVEMBER
  • Tuesday, November 18, 7:00 pm - "Flying After Hours:" Movie Night Cost: No charge. Location: CAF Hangar. This is another of our ongoing FAA "WINGS" Safety Seminars; please register at the FAA Safety Program web site so we know how many to expect.

We've posted some of the photos from recent flyouts; follow these links to see some great flying adventures: