OWD COVID-19 Update
Massachusetts has started a phased re-opening of businesses and various organizations throughout the state. There will be four phases. Last Monday, May 18, they opened phase 1. Each phase will last a minimum of three weeks before they proceed to the following phase....
Facebook Live Ground Lessons: More to Come?
For 6 weeks, Horizon Aviation conducted free live ground lessons on our Facebook page to help keep you educated, entertained and inspired during the COVID-19 shutdown. With our PVD facility reopened and OWD soon to follow, our staff is busy teaching and flying,...
Flying in the FAA WINGS Program
Staying current in aviation means that you are flying often enough and engaged with flying often enough to maintain your skills, knowledge, and judgement. As we’ve all experienced recently, sometimes currency is a difficult thing to maintain. There are ways you can...
Horizon Resumes Flight Training Operations May 9th
We are happy to announce that our Rhode Island facility will resume flight training operations Saturday May 9th in accordance with directives set by the Governor of Rhode Island. Our Norwood Facility remains closed per order of the Governor of Massachusetts, though...
Live Ground Lesson #6: Real Life Weather for Pilots
Our sixth installment of our ground lesson series discusses real life weather for pilots. We talked about weather planning, resources, decision making and some general rules of thumb you can think about. Some of the resources mentioned are:...
Live Ground Lesson #5: Owning Your Own Airplane
For our fifth installment of live lessons, Horizon's Zeke Valtz discusses the process of finding and buying your very own airplane. We host a new Facebook live session each Thursday at 1pm during the COVID-19 closure. Potential topics are posted to our Facebook page...
Live Ground Lesson #4: Stalls and Spins
Stalls and spins are some of the most misunderstand topics in aviation. Our Chief Instructor Vicky unravels what is really going on in these aerodynamic events.
Live Ground Lesson #3: Airspace alphabet soup!
The third installment of our Facebook Live ground lesson deciphered some of the airspace considerations we face as pilots. Each airspace requires certain behavior from us and Horizon's chief instructor Vicky Kuo dives in to what everything means!
Facebook Live: Talking about Long Cross Country Planning and Flying
Our second Facebook live ground lesson focused on real life long cross country planning and flying. A technical glitch prevented us from including our featured speakers but our marketing director Chris Porter was able to host the talk solo. He spent 5 years flying...
Free Online Ground Lessons!
We are excited to announce that we will hosting a FREE weekly ground lesson on our Facebook page every Thursday at 1pm…and you get to pick the topic! Before we dive into the details we’d like to extend our sincerest well wishes to you. This is a difficult...