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Hangar Talk: Dealing with Mechanical Failures in Flight November 5, 2026 Twenty-two pilots gathered at Atlantic Aviation on November 4 for our Monthly Hangar Talk safety meeting. The topic: dealing with mechanical failures in flight. As usual, John Tenney led us off with the pre-briefing, and we went around the room in the standard format:…

7 Oct, 25 Hangar Talk Wings Safety Seminar: Making the Go/No-Go Decision On October 7, 2025, we hosted a Hangar Talk Wings Safety Seminar focused on one of the most critical decisions a pilot faces: Making the Go/No-Go Decision. We posed the question: “Tell us a time you learned from making the WRONG decision.” The…

Going Around The Room On September 2nd, we sat down for a safety seminar and talked about The Dirty Dozen. The Dirty Dozen is comprised of twelve human factors that can turn a perfectly good flight into a “you’re going to write that up” flight: The format was Hangar Talk Standard. Go around the room….

Karen Noll and Bob Raskey Jolie Lucas JS Firm Aviation Recruiters Ryan Binns Randy Clayton and Jon Helms – Control Tower Operator Academy Cyrus Gardner – CAP, “Red Squad” volunteers at Sun n Fun Autumn Davenport – Good Morning Sun n Fun Autumn Davenport – first day of welcoming affiliates Brent Moran FAASTeam Rep of…

First King Air 350 Recurrent Class Complete Today was an important day for our aircraft specific training division, as we completed our first King Air 350 recurrent training class (approved by the insurance carrier). “We have other clients asking how it went,” Chief Instructor John Tenney told us, “and there are plenty of slots open…

PRESS RELEASE Human/Aeromedical Factors Training Expanded Human/Aeromedical Factors Training Expanded EPS Expands Human and Aeromedical Factors Syllabus in their Training ORLANDO: January 4, 2026 It is the goal of the FAA and its associated Safety Team (FAASTeam) to increase safety in aviation and reduce accidents. EPS has always embraced this goal. Several of our instructors…

This article discusses a recent controversial topic about central FL General Aviation airports. Many air traffic control facilities are considering using radar data, protected by certain laws, to charge aircraft owners for takeoffs and landings at these local airports. There is obviously some resistance to this idea. We have reached out to several of the…

John Tenney instructing in a Cessna 210 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2025 ORLANDO FL: John Tenney once again selected as Orlando FSDO CFI of the Year! FAASTeam Volunteer John W. Tenney has been selected as the Orlando FSDO’s CFI of the Year consecutively for the 2024 and 2025 GA Awards cycle, a collaborative project…

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This post comes from our president John Tenney To help me stay current as a pilot, I subscribe to a newsletter put out by the University of North Dakota (UND) Aviation School. It is called “BoldMethod” and always includes a quiz with 5 to 7 questions. They have helped me a lot. I forward most…