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New Yingling arm to train pilots from abroad
Yingling Aviation has formed a subsidiary called Kansas Aviation and teamed up with Aviation Testing to focus on international flight training.
"We strategically are looking at the international students as an opportunity," said Lynn Nichols, president of Kansas Aviation.
Kansas Aviation provides the facilities and aircraft for training. Dave Tiday, founder of Aviation Testing, does the teaching.
Tiday has been training international students for the past several years. Teaming the companies was a logical progression, Tiday said.
Most of the students come from Europe, he said. But he has recently trained students from Israel and India.
Some want to earn a pilot's license, others want to earn additional ratings. A recent student from Israel came to earn his flight instructor certificate so he can train pilots in his country.
"There's a lot of people from other countries who would like to have the U.S. (pilot's) license," Tiday said.
Sometimes it's because they fly a plane registered in the U.S. Other times, it's because having a U.S. pilot's license gives them more credibility in their own countries, he said.
International students must be fluent in English and meet the entrance requirements to the U.S., Nichols said.
Focusing on international training dovetails with what U.S. manufacturers, including Wichita's Cessna Aircraft, Hawker Beechcraft and Bombardier Aerospace, are seeing as a trend. They are selling more general aviation aircraft internationally.
29/11/08 Molly McMillin/The Wichita Eagle/Kansas.com, USA
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PermaLink "We strategically are looking at the international students as an opportunity," said Lynn Nichols, president of Kansas Aviation.
Kansas Aviation provides the facilities and aircraft for training. Dave Tiday, founder of Aviation Testing, does the teaching.
Tiday has been training international students for the past several years. Teaming the companies was a logical progression, Tiday said.
Most of the students come from Europe, he said. But he has recently trained students from Israel and India.
Some want to earn a pilot's license, others want to earn additional ratings. A recent student from Israel came to earn his flight instructor certificate so he can train pilots in his country.
"There's a lot of people from other countries who would like to have the U.S. (pilot's) license," Tiday said.
Sometimes it's because they fly a plane registered in the U.S. Other times, it's because having a U.S. pilot's license gives them more credibility in their own countries, he said.
International students must be fluent in English and meet the entrance requirements to the U.S., Nichols said.
Focusing on international training dovetails with what U.S. manufacturers, including Wichita's Cessna Aircraft, Hawker Beechcraft and Bombardier Aerospace, are seeing as a trend. They are selling more general aviation aircraft internationally.
29/11/08 Molly McMillin/The Wichita Eagle/Kansas.com, USA
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