Fly 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 students, Merrick, brought some friends to the school to...
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 headed that way. Instead, Darin was ready with...
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!
Read MoreSolo Congratulations Scott Loss!
Spinks Flight Center is proud to congratulate Scott Loss on his successful first solo. We’re proud to have Scott as a student and continue to wish him well in his training. Way to go, Scott!
Read MoreSolo Congratulations Chris McCrory!
Spinks Flight Center congratulates Chris McCrory on a successful first solo. Chris performed extraordinarily well and we wish him continued success throughout his training.
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