New Rental Rates – 5/1/13
Beginning May 1, 2013 we will have new rental fleet pricing. Please review our Equipment and Rates page for more information.
read moreEmergency Engagement
This Guy Proposed to His Girlfriend By Faking an Inflight Emergency By: Casey Chan, Gizmodo We’ve seen some awesome, hilarious and good-hearted proposals but we’ve never seen anything as twisted as this: a guy and girl fly a two person plane and take in the sweeping views (cue: aww) but then things take a wild turn, as the plane begins to crash. Well, “crash”. You see, the guy tricked his girlfriend into thinking the plane was going down and the flight controls weren’t responding so she could read him the...
read moreNow Open on Sunday
Spinks Flight Center is proud to announce our new Sunday hours. We’re now open on Sundays from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. Come visit with us! We’d love to see you.
read moreHaving trouble with crosswind landings?
If you think you’ve struggled with crosswind landings, watch this? In Bilbao, a city in the north of Spain, airplanes were forced to land under 62mph (100km/h) crosswinds this past week. Wow!!! The Adobe Flash Player is required for video playback.Get the latest Flash Player or Watch this video on YouTube.
read moreSpinks Airport Runway Closure Wednesday April 18th
Most of you have probably noticed the construction that is going on around Spinks Airport. With that there is times where they will have to shut down the runway. Wednesday will be one of those days, I have included the email that we received from the city regarding the runway closure for Wednesday April 18th. Spinks Airport Construction Project Update Greetings All, The construction project is progressing nicely; it should be completed on time at the beginning of May. I appreciate your patience and understanding during this...
read moreFly Your Friends
Today was a great day to fly! Several of our customers and students were able to bring along their colleagues and friends to fly with them today. The weather was great and winds were good. Early this morning our friend Derrick brought his colleague and his son out for an early morning flight around Fort Worth. All of the kids enjoyed the trip, little kids as well as the big kids. Derrick and his family fly with us quite often and we enjoy the opportunities to get to spend time with them. Later in the day one of our...
read moreLiveATC Audio for Spinks
Many of you are already aware of the site LiveATC.net. This site allows anyone with a computer (or smartphone) to listen to local air traffic in thousands of different cities around the globe. Fort Worth Spinks Airport (KFWS) has a feeder link to LiveATC and provides 24/7 audio so that you may listen at any time. If you’re like us, we love to hear other pilots navigating our airspace. If you’re a student, what better way to learn the lingo?! Visit the Fort Worth Spinks Airport feeder link on the LiveATC.net site at...
read moreThey Just Don’t Get Better Than This
Without a doubt, today was one of those all too rare days. Little to no wind, not a cloud in the sky, high temps in the low 70′s and many students and renters clamoring for the airplanes. It looks as though this weekend will be pretty busy for the instructors and students here at Spinks Flight Center. One of our new pilots, Darin Dougherty, hoped to be able to fly N21706 south to Gillespie County Regional (T82) in Fredericksburg, TX today, but the early morning lingering fog in that area kept him and his friends and family from...
read moreReady for Sun n Fun 2012?
Folks, next week kicks off one of the largest aviation gatherings in the country, Sun ‘n Fun 2012 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL) in Lakeland, Florida! Are any of you considering heading east for the week? If so, let us know. You can read more about the Sun ‘n Fun events and get ticket pricing and fly-in information by visiting their site at http://www.sun-n-fun.org/.
read moreSolo Congratulations Gary Linville!
Spinks Flight Center is proud to congratulate Gary Linville on his successful first solo. We’re proud to have Gary as a student and continue to wish him well in his training. Gary was tossed a curve ball by the tower controllers due to spacing for an Eclipse jet on final. On Gary’s last pattern, just prior to his base leg, he was told to perform a left 360 to give room to the jet. Gary performed both the turn and the radio calls flawlessly. Way to go, Gary!
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