Keeping Current with Aviation Information

The WINGS – Pilot Proficiency Program is based on the premise that pilots who maintain currency and proficiency in the basics of flight will enjoy a safer and more stress-free flying experience.

The program encourages an on-going training program that provides you an opportunity to fly on a regular basis with an authorized flight instructor. The program is most effective if the training is accomplished regularly throughout the year, thus affording you the opportunity to fly in different seasons and in different flight conditions.

Learn more HERE:

Our Home Airport’s Youtube Channel

Our home airport, The Flying W Airport N14, now has a Youtube Channel featuring flight operations at on the Field.  See our flight school aircraft taking flight, along with other local aircraft. 

Since we have a DPE (Designated Pilot Examiner) on the field, you will see many aircraft (planes and helicopters) from other flight schools practicing and/or completing their checkrides.

Flying W Airport and Resort Flight Operations

PRIVATE PILOT VIRTUAL ONLINE GROUND SCHOOL

PRIMARY TRAINING AND REFRESHER COURSE taught by our Flight Instructor Bob McCabe
Primary and Potential Students and Certificated Private Pilots classes usually held on a Tuesday Evenings, 6 PM – 9:30 PM

Starts:  – Tuesday May 07, 2024 (If class enrollment is filled)

Location: Virtual Class by Freeflight Aviation Instructor located at the Flying W Airport, 60 Fostertown Rd, Medford, NJ 08055 (PRESENTLY ONLINE COURSES ONLY)
Price:  $359.00 for the complete course or $30.00 per class
(Textbooks and pilot supplies sold separately)
Instructor: Bob McCabe
• This course covers all aeronautical knowledge items required for Private Pilot certification.
• Experienced pilots may attend the sessions of their choice as an excellent refresher.
• Rusty pilots will find this training a great way to get back in the game.

For more information or to register for this class, please visit our Contact Page and send us an email.

Training Textbooks for class: Please contact the instructor after registering for Textbooks and required pilot supplies.

Additional Information, including the class registration form for this Ground School can be found on our Google link.

Flight School Members Taking Flight

Patrick’s student Tyler with his father after receiving his Private Pilot Rating

Patrick’s student Herb after his solo flight

David with his student Luis after receiving his Private Pilot Rating

David with his student Luis after receiving his Private Pilot Rating

Hailey's student, Ryan, after his solo flight in the Piper Archer

Patrick Lewis and his student Dan returning from his Private Pilot checkride.

Tyler’s student, Shrinath, our newest rated CFI!

Discovery Aviation by completing a Discovery Flight!

Yes, this could be you, sitting in the Pilot’s seat of an aircraft, taking your flight flight.

Our Discovery Flight offers an introductory flight lesson with an FAA Certified Flight Instructor where you will be introduced to flying an aircraft. Our instructor sitting at the second set of controls will ensure your safety while you enjoy the excitement of flying an aircraft during your very first flight! This is truly “hands on experience.”

Our Discovery Flight Certificates are created to fulfill your wish to eventually fly an airplane by yourself. Whether you are an aviation enthusiast, seeking the thrill and adventure, interested in a new learning opportunity, learn more about a career in aviation for yourself or a loved one, this is a chance to follow your heart and float with us in the air of our aviation passion!

If you want to Purchase a Discovery Flight Gift Certificate for yourself or that special pilot in your life, but do not know what to gift that special person, just visit our Discovery Flight Gift Certificates webpage link HERE!

To book your Discovery Flight, just give us a call or send us an email request with a couple of dates and time periods. To send us an email, just “Click Here

“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.“ – Friedrich Nietzsche

LoOKing for A Truly UniQuE Gift IDEA?

Why not give that special someone something they will truly appreciate…the gift of flight from Freeflight Aviation!

Our Discovery Flight offers an introductory flight lesson with an FAA Certified Flight Instructor where you will be introduced to flying an aircraft. Our instructor sitting at the second set of controls will ensure your safety while you enjoy the excitement of flying an aircraft during your very first flight! This is truly “hands on experience.”

Our Discovery Flight Gift Certificates are created to fulfill your wish to eventually fly an airplane by yourself. Whether you are an aviation enthusiast, seeking the thrill and adventure, interested in a new learning opportunity, learn more about a career in aviation for yourself or a loved one, this is a chance to follow your heart and take flight with us in the air of our aviation passion!

If you need a Gift Certificate for that special pilot in your life, but do not know what to gift that special person.  We suggest giving them a “Set Value Gift Certificate”, such as $100, $200, $300, etc., they be used for some flight time or needed pilot supplies from our in-house pilot shop.

To Learn more about our Gift Certificates please visit our webpage link HERE!

To book your Discovery Flight, just give us a call or send us an email request with a couple of dates and time periods. To send us an email, just “Click Here

Come visit us at the airport for other Pilot Gift Possibilities! We have: Headsets, Flight Training Material, Logbooks, T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, and more. Need some aviation wrapping paper? Old navigational charts make great wrapping paper. Add a bow and a paper airplane; your gift is now set for your special pilot.

Taking to the Skies

Adventures for Youth in Aviation

Civil Air Patrol Aerospace/STEM Education Programs bring over 40 free fun and engaging products and programs to our members in squadrons and classrooms throughout the nation. We serve adults and youth in pre-K through 12th grade.

Launched in 1992, the Young Eagles program has dedicated 30 years to giving youth ages 8–17 their first free ride in an airplane. It’s the only program of its kind, with the sole mission to introduce and inspire kids in the world of aviation.

United is proud to be the official airline partner of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)’s youth education programs via Aviate. Together they are opening doors for young aviators worldwide to foster their passion and reach their aspirations.

The program is centered around the students building an actual, flying two seat experimental aircraft under the supervision and mentoring of our program mentors, with the basic philosophy being mentors teach, students build. The Teen Aviation of NJ conducts weekly sessions at the Flying W Airport in Medford, New Jersey

See the NJ Fall Foliage “Seasonal Map and enjoy a Discovery Flight This Season “!

Enjoy the fall color changes in your local New Jersey Area by taking a 1/2 hour or 1 hour Discovery Flight

Checkout out our “Discovery Flight Page” for pricing and give us a call to set up your appointment today!

We are presently offering coupons on our Discovery Flights, $10.00 off the 1/2 Hour Discovery Flight Package and $15.00 off the 1 Hour Discovery Flight Package. Must use the coupon between October 15, 2023 and November 30, 2023. Must present the coupon to our office on the date of the flight. To print out the coupon, please visit our Google File Coupon Link : COUPON!

PRIVATE PILOT VIRTUAL ONLINE GROUND SCHOOL


PRIMARY TRAINING AND REFRESHER COURSE taught by our Flight Instructor Bob McCabe
Primary and Potential Students and Certificated Private Pilots classes usually held on a Tuesday Evenings, 6 PM – 9:30 PM

Starts:  – Oct 24, 2024

Flight School Location: Freeflight Aviation, Flying W Airport, 60 Fostertown Rd, Medford, NJ 08055 (PRESENTLY ONLINE VIRTUAL COURSES ONLY)
Price:  $349.00 for the complete course or $30.00 per class
(Textbooks and pilot supplies sold separately)
Instructor: Bob McCabe
• This course covers all aeronautical knowledge items required for Private Pilot certification.
• Experienced pilots may attend the sessions of their choice as an excellent refresher.
• Rusty pilots will find this training a great way to get back in the game.

For more information or to register for this class, please see our Google link or Facebook Page.

PRIVATE PILOT VIRTUAL ONLINE GROUND SCHOOL 

Private Pilot Ground School FALL Virtual Classes for New Students and Rusty Pilots

Taught by our Flight Instructor Bob McCabe

Starts:  Estimated starting date – Tuesday Evening October 10, 2023

Business Location: Freeflight Aviation, Flying W Airport, 60 Fostertown Rd, Medford, NJ 08055 (PRESENTLY ONLINE COURSES ONLY)
Price:  $349.00 for the complete course or $30.00 per class
(Textbooks and pilot supplies sold separately,)
• This course covers all aeronautical knowledge items required for Private Pilot certification.
• Experienced pilots may attend the sessions of their choice as an excellent refresher.
• Rusty pilots will find this training a great way to get back in the game.

For more information or to register for this class, please visit our Contact Page and send us an email.

Information for The PPL Ground School, including the class brochure, syllabus, and registration form, can be found on our Google link.

Get Inspired!

Come take a Discovery Flight and see what the word of Flight is all about.

Learn more HERE!

“The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air.”
– Wilbur Wright

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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Airshow 2023

The 2023 Power in the Pines Air & Space Open House will be hosted at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst from Saturday to Sunday, 20-21 May 2023. The Golden Knights Parachute Team and F-16 Viper Demo Team are some of the performers this year.

Flight for Sight Balloon Fest

The Lions Flight for Sight Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held from June 16th through June 18th, 2023 at the Flying W airport in Medford,New Jersey. This will be a family friendly event with 15 hot air balloons, food trucks, crafters, and a kids zone. We will also have live entertainment and WWII planes on display. Learn more by visiting the event site.

96th Annual Captain Emilio Carranza Memorial

SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2023 AT 10 PM

For over nine decades, American Legion Department of New Jersey, Mount Holly Post 11 has continued to honor a pioneer of early aviation. Captain Emilio Carranza flew a mission of Goodwill to the United States, a return gesture of Charles Lindbergh’s flight to Mexico City. Some may say that like his flight, his mission had not been completed.

For more details, please see the Facebook Event Page and the American Legion Post 11 webpage.

2023 Aerospace Camp

Aerospace camp will be August 14-18. The camp will run from 9 AM to 3 PM Monday – Friday. This event has been filled up for the season.

2023 Atlantic City Airshow – Thunder Over the Boardwalk

Featuring the USAF Thunderbirds, USMC AV-8B Harrier Demonstration Team and more.

August 16, 2023: Beachfront & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

Click Here for the Event Page

PRIVATE PILOT VIRTUAL ONLINE GROUND SCHOOL 

Taught by our Flight Instructor Bob McCabe

Starts:  Estimated starting date – Tuesday Evening October 10, 2023

Business Location: Freeflight Aviation, Flying W Airport, 60 Fostertown Rd, Medford, NJ 08055 (PRESENTLY ONLINE COURSES ONLY)
Price:  $349.00 for the complete course or $30.00 per class
(Textbooks and pilot supplies sold separately,)
• This course covers all aeronautical knowledge items required for Private Pilot certification.
• Experienced pilots may attend the sessions of their choice as an excellent refresher.
• Rusty pilots will find this training a great way to get back in the game.

For more information or to register for this class, please visit our Contact Page and send us an email.

Information for The PPL Ground School, including the class brochure, syllabus, and registration form, can be found on our Google link.

Get Inspired!

Come take a Discovery Flight and see what the word of Flight is all about.

Learn more HERE!

Internships are very important part of our education program, first and foremost. In setting up professional internships, not only will we be able to offer students a chance to work with industry professionals, but the students also will be able to take the theory they learn in the classroom and put it into practice here, in whichever activity they’re focused. Craig Miller

Tuesday May 2nd is the estimated start date.

PRIVATE PILOT VIRTUAL ONLINE GROUND SCHOOL taught by our Flight Instructor Bob McCabe
PRIMARY TRAINING AND REFRESHER COURSE
Primary and Potential Students and Certificated Private Pilots classes usually held on a Tuesday Evenings, 6 PM – 9:30 PM

Starts:  Estimated starting date – Tentatively Tuesday May 2, 2023 (Pending if the class is filled by this date)

Location: Freeflight Aviation, Flying W Airport, 60 Fostertown Rd, Medford, NJ 08055 (PRESENTLY ONLINE COURSES ONLY)
Price:  $349.00 for the complete course (price may change for Spring 2023 class.)

           $30.00 per class
(Textbooks and pilot supplies sold separately)
Instructor: Bob McCabe
• This course covers all aeronautical knowledge items required for Private Pilot certification.
• Experienced pilots may attend the sessions of their choice as an excellent refresher.
• Rusty pilots will find this training a great way to get back in the game.

For more information or to register for this class, please visit our Contact Page and send us an email.

Training Textbooks for class: Please contact the instructor after registering for Textbooks and required pilot supplies.

Additional Information, including the class registration form for this Ground School can be found on our Google link.

Financing is available for your Flight Training.

Flight Training Finance 

AOPA Financing

Suggestions from AOPA

Other Possibilities including Scholarships.

We are Looking for A Part Time Mechanic

If you have your A & P license and looking for a part time job, we may have an opening for you. Just send us an email via our Contact Page.

If you are interested in aircraft, love to work on cars, or mechanically minded, this may be your chance to learn about small aircraft and work towards your Aircraft and Power Plant License. We are either looking for a part time A & P mechanic or someone who is mechanically minded (an internship), loves to work with their hands, and has no issues getting their hands greasy. Just send us an email via our Contact Page to see if you might qualify.

Aviation for Youth

AviNation exists to attract, educate and empower youth in aviation. AviNation magazine strives to give readers insight into the future of aviation by focusing on aviation students, programs, events and innovative approaches to the promotion and continued growth of the aviation industry.

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” —Malcolm

March 1, 2022 Private Pilot Ground School

If you are interested, we have an upcoming Private Pilot Ground School Virtual Class presented by Instructor Bob McCabe starting March 15, 2022 (runs 15 weeks) – For details and our register form please visit our Google Drive Link or webpage Private Pilot Spring 2022 Virtual Ground School Class – Freeflight Aviation Space is filling up, so if you are interested, please let us know. Payment is required to hold your seat in Bob McCabe’s class.

2022 Aero Club Scholarships

The 2022 Aero Club of Pennsylvania Memorial Scholarship Program has begun.

Bulletin Board Announcement Link! 

2022 Ninety Nines Scholarships

Scholarships for women

2022 Scholarship Applications are currently being accepted from the Eastern PA Chapter of the Ninety Nines. Application information and forms are available by e-mail request to Risa Altman scholarship@epa99s.org

Please visit their EPA99 website link! and their Bulletin Board Announcement Link! 

Financing is available for your flight training.

Pilot Flight Training Finance Link!
AOPA Financing information Link
!

Rebuilding a C152

Blue Skies!

Freeflight Aviation

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments, and spitting out answers.

They must talk about what they are learning, write reflectively about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.

Arthur W. Chickering and Stephen C. Ehrmann

2022 NJ Spring Ground School Classes

Flight Instructor Bob McCabe will be offer two Virtual Ground School Classes with Spring.

A Private Pilot Ground School anticipated date to start Tuesday March 1, 2022

 Location: Online Live Streaming Interactive Video Sessions.
 Sessions are recorded for later viewing if you miss a session.
 Numerous handouts including copies of all PowerPoint presentations
 Price: $349 for the complete course or $30 per session
 Textbooks and pilot supplies sold separately

Click HERE for the attached is the folder link with upcoming Ground School Flyers.

Anyone interested in attending either class, please send us an email or contact Bob McCabe to have your name put on the class list. Payment for either class will be through Freeflight Aviation and will need to be made to guarantee your seat in the Bob’s classes. 

Bob McCabe and one of his students.

L.I.F.T. Private Pilot Scholarship

The Ladies in Flight Training organization is pleased to announce a $2,000 scholarship opportunity for a student pilot working on her Private Pilot Certificate. L.I.F.T. provides a positive community to support women in flight training and seeks to create opportunities for women to succeed in their flying ventures.

More on this Scholarship, click HERE

AOPA Scholarships

Made possible through donations to the AOPA Foundation, our scholarships are a major benefit of AOPA membership, helping members reach their aviation goals.

Scholarships are available in multiple categories, including primary (sport, recreational, and private pilot) certification, instrument rating, and aviation maintenance technician certification. We also have up to 100 scholarships at $10,000 each for high school students and teachers to train for their private pilot certificate. Scholarship awards range from $2,500 to $14,000.  The deadline for scholarship applications is Friday, February 11, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

For the Aviation Mechanics

19th Annual First State Chapter

PAMA / Dassault Aircraft Services Maintenance Symposium & IA Renewal

Saturday February 26, 2022 

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Attendee Registration Open on the First State PAMA Chapter Website