KHEF – Manassas, Virginia
Our member, Mike Walpole, recently went flying with a specific objective in mind: Get better photos of our club’s Piper Cherokee Warrior in flight! If you remember, we already tried this once. It was a spur of the moment decision Read More
Yesterday 5 of us went to the Potomac Consolidated Terminal RADAR Approach Control ( TRACON ) and the National ATC Command Center for a tour. We toured the Command Center first. It was mostly about how they manage commercial air traffic into the Read More
The Dulles Day and Plane Pull took place this past weekend at KIAD. This was my first time attending and it was a blast! I had heard about it, but pulling a very large plane really didn’t have much appeal Read More
Our members take on some exciting challenges during their aviation adventures. One such challenge, the Virginia Aviation Ambassadors Program, was established by the Virginia Department of Transportation. This program encourages pilots and aviation enthusiasts to visit each of Virginia’s 60+ Read More
The FAA Flying Club has a Piper Cherokee Warrior that is loads of fun to fly! You can find out more information about N75382 on our Aircraft page. If you are interested in learning more about our club, please feel Read More
Our members love aviation and we love to fly. We are not only airplane pilots, we are aviators! Our members run the gamut from Private Pilots to Commercial to CFII to Airline Transport Pilots. We also have members that are Read More
EAA Airventure 2019 is in the books and Mike, Tom, and our Piper Cherokee Warrior are home safe and sound. EAA just released some initial facts and figures from AirVenture 2019 and it is quite impressive! Attendance was up 6.8% Read More
Cherokees to Oshkosh was the only group allowed to fly en masse to EAA AirVenture on Saturday! And Mike and Tom were there with N75382. Mike has been planning for the mass arrival for months, even attending a C2O mini-clinic Read More
So far EAA AirVenture 2019 is living up to it’s name! Our members, Mike and Tom, made it safely to Oshkosh and successfully navigated the mass arrival for the Piper Cherokees. They became the only group to arrive en masse Read More
FAA Flying Club members, Mike Walpole and Tom Shalhoub, are on the way to the 2019 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow in our Piper Cherokee Warrior! They are planning on participating in the Piper formation fly-in to Oshkosh which should be Read More