what"s new

Spin Training now available in our Champion Citabria. Build confidence in your flying skills.

Also, spin training endorsements available for flight instructor candidates per FAR 61.183

Tailwheel endorsements also available at our flight school.

Click here to read one person's experience in spin training, as reported in the February 2007 issue of the Atlantic Flyer.

Or, Click here to go directly to the spin video.

Also, more videos on Facebook. Be sure to check it out!

What's new? Well for starters, we are now on Facebook. Be sure to check in often to view the latest news, videos, and other recent happenings at the AD UP Aviation Flight School. Even if you have not created a profile on Facebook, you can still visit us via the link provided on the top and bottom of each page on this website.

January 2011, website redesigned.

June 2009, Major avionics upgrade. Includes a large moving map GPS, and traffic information service. Handheld GPS with XM weather now panel mounted.

April 2009, First student fly-in Orange MA.

August 2008, handheld, moving map Garmin 496 GPS with XM weather, including radar, satellite, forecasts, and much more.

December 2007, Master Flight Instructor designation.

November 2007, Penn Yan engine overhaul, horsepower increased to 160.

Summer of 2007, new terminal building, new office.

January 2004, flight school purchases a Champion aircraft, Citabria and offers Tailwheel Instruction.

We always have new students entering into our flight training program. Some aspire to enter the USAF, and others a career in the airlines. Still other students enter private pilot training (PPL) simply to become a pleasure flyer. It is rewarding to me to watch a student pilot's progress. What originally started for them as something to work towards, eventually evolves into a determination to do better and better. Sometimes it becomes a friendly competition with another student, or sometimes just with themselves. But the thing I am most proud of as a master instructor is the student finish rate. Nationally, 30% of those who begin flying lessons actually finish. Here at the AD UP Aviation Flight School it is in the 90% range. Every flight school is different and every person has their own reasons for discontinuing their flight training, or for the resolve to finish something they've started.

There I was, fog so thick I couldn't see the instruments. Only way I knew I was inverted was my flying medals were in my eyes. But I knew I was really in trouble when the tower called me and told me to climb and maintain field elevation.

AD UP Aviation Flight School is located in the terminal building at Barnes Municipal Airport, just 2 miles North of the City of Westfield. This location is only minutes from Springfield, MA, and 12 miles North of the CT state line.

Call and schedule your flying lesson today!

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