Below you will find some of the
many achievements and awards that
American Winds Flight Academy has obtained

April 2007
American Winds
Gains National Accreditation from ACCET

In April 2007, American Winds Flight Academy (AWFA) was granted accreditation by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET). This honor allowed us to become one of only three flight schools in the United States to be Nationally Accredited!  ACCET is officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Education since 1978, ACCET is “a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training provided by institutions of higher education and the programs they accredit.”

      

For more information on Accet
  Please visit
  http://www.accet.org/

American Winds
Is The 2007
Cose Ten Under 10
Award Winner

For more information on this program
Please visit http://www.cose.org/

American Winds makes
AVIATION HISTORY and NATIONAL NEWS
on February 24, 2006!

On Friday, February 24, 2006, American Winds Flight Academy trained the first instrument rated deaf pilot.   Stephen Hopson, age 45, has become the first deaf pilot in the nation to become an instrument rated pilot and log true PIC. Stephen will have the limitation placed on his license so that he must always have a qualified (current) instrument rated pilot as a co-pilot. During his training, he was held to the highest standards of American Winds... far exceeding the FAA PTS. His co-pilot will only communicate what is spoken on the radio to him and will make no decisions on his behalf. American Winds designed a system for him to communicate with his co-pilot.  In addition, other factors were incorporated into his training such as communicating other activity on the radio affecting his flight path and surrounding weather.  

Please click here to view more photo's of Stephen's achievement!

American Winds Is A Proud Sponsor of
Aviation Exploring

For more information on this program
Please visit
http://www.learning-for-life.org/exploring/aviation/index.html

American Winds Proudly Supports
Kids In Flight

For more information on this program
Please visit http://www.kidsinflight.org/

American Winds is honored
to be a part of the Toys for Tots program!

Chief Pilot Denise Hobart display's the donations for Toys for Tots!
For more information on this program
Please visit http://www.toysfortots.org/