"Professional Instruction for Exceptional Pilots"

Event Calendar

FAA Safety TeamThe Flight Center hosts 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 as often as possible. Call us for more details on these scheduled events or to book space, where applicable. Also, we welcome your suggestions for programs you'd like to hear or destinations you'd like to visit!

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; if the rust has gotten too thick, take your instructor along! 

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

SEPTEMBER

  • Tuesday, September 14th, 7:00 pm - Flying After Hours - Grand Junction Tower Operations.  Jeff Rigg, a GJT Tower Controller, will brief the local pilot community on the tower operations.  Hear what the tower expects of us and learn how to get the best service from them. Jeff will also cover some newly-instituted changes in ATC procedures and instructions. Sign up on-line at FAASafety.gov for WINGS  credit, or simply show up for an evening with your fellow aviators.  Location: CAF Hangar Cost: Free
  • Thursday, September 23th, 6:00 pm - FAASTeam CFI & Pilot Workshop #8 - Preventing Pilot Deviations Including Runway Incursions and Airspace Review.  This CFI workshop is the 8th of 8 quarterly workshops sponsored by the FAA Safety Team to reduce General Aviation accidents, incidents, and pilot deviations. The purpose of the workshop is to recognize the potential for pilot deviations and to develop strategies to prevent these deviations. All CFI, pilots and student pilots are invited to attend.  Sign up on-line at FAASafety.gov for WINGS  credit, or simply show up for an evening with your fellow aviators.  Location: CAF Hangar Cost: Free

OCTOBER

  • Garmin 530Saturday, October 2nd, 8:00 am to 12:00 noon - Garmin GNS 430/530 Ground School - Truly understanding your Garmin 430 / 530 will greatly enhance your situational awareness, help you avoid terrain hazards, and keep you a couple pushes away from an aviation database which tells you virtually everything you need to know about airports and facilities. Taught by Curt Thomas, CFI, this course includes everything you need to know to better utilize your Garmin 430/530 for both VFR and IFR flight. Also included will be a discussion on the WAAS capabilities of these receivers, and the potential to display additional flight critical information, such as TAWS, terrain, traffic, lightning, radar, and satellite weather data. Location: West Star Aviation Training Room, 790 Heritage Way (2nd floor.) Cost: $60.  Please call us at 254-0444 to register, or download the registration form.
  • Navajo RugFriday and Saturday, October 8th and 9th - Crownpoint Rug Auction Flyout - Join us for a beautiful flyout across the southern Colorado Mountains and northern New Mexico Navajo Country en route to Gallup, NM and the Crownpoint Rug Auction.  After the Friday morning flight, we'll have lunch in Gallup and check in to the historic El Rancho Hotel.  Then we'll make our way to Crownpoint for the auction, where we will have the unique opportunity to view and purchase Navajo rugs directly from the weavers themselves, at wholesale prices. We'll return to Grand Junction Saturday morning via a scenic flight through the San Juan mountains. The cost for this flyout is $225 per airplane, which includes lodging, ground transportation, and all flight information. Register by October 1st.
  • Tuesday, October 12th - Flying After Hours - Topic TBD. Colorado Flight Center is pleased to present these ongoing FAASafety Program WINGS Seminars on a monthly basis. Location: CAF Hangar Cost: Free

NOVEMBER 

  • Tuesday, November 9th - Flying After Hours - Topic TBD.  Colorado Flight Center is pleased to present these ongoing FAASafety Program WINGS Seminars on a monthly basis. Location: CAF Hangar Cost: Free


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