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Meet the Team: Daniel M. Walker
We welcome Daniel M. Walker to AVIER Daniel Walker is a former F-22 Raptor Mission Commander and Fighter Fundamentals Instructor Pilot with over 1200 hours of combined training and combat flight time. Daniel is a 2010 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy where he earned a Bachelor of [...]
Meet the Team: Sam Valkovski
When did you know you wanted to fly? I have been interested in flying and airplanes since I was a young child back in Bulgaria. I remember drawing airplanes all the time, as well as building toy airplanes out of LEGO bricks. I was always told by the adults in [...]
Meet the Team: Tyler Duda
What was your introduction to flying? Back when I was a kid, we would go on trips, and I had these these baseball-like cards. They all had different planes on them; McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, and on the back of each card all the specs of each plane. I'd walk around looking [...]
A + B = C
A+B=C A) “Life is short and we haven’t much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us; so [...]
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
So what is the secret of the 40 hour private pilot license? We all know that the FAA requires 40 hours [...]
Meet the Team: Chris Fietta
What was your introduction to flying? My introduction was definitely from my parents. My mom was a flight attendant, my dad [...]
More Talk on Tribe….
We recently discussed the concept that we all have a driving desire to be a part of something bigger than ourselves; [...]
Tribe: the driving need to be part of something
the driving need to be a part of something, a member, loved, important. This is tucked neatly into Abraham Maslow‘s hierarchy [...]
It’s All About Safety
That is a wonderfully over-used statement in aviation; of course, the danger in over-statement is the eventual effect of dulling it's [...]
Don’t Let Yourself be Bullied by your Superiors!
DON'T LET YOUR SELF BE BULLIED BY YOUR SUPERIORS (AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS)! That almost sounds like a [...]