April 2011 Blog Posts (10)

Justin passed his CFII checkride and received his SFAR 73 teaching endorsements on Wednesday. He is the first…

Days 7-11

Al has finally crossed the border into Mississippi, Louisiana was a challenge all in itself.  Roads were either really bad, no shoulder…

This morning when I arrived at Stinson there was so much activity…

Day 6:  87 miles today and he made it out of Texas, woohoo!  So far 440 miles total, WOW! Spending the night at…

Al’s Big Adventure Days 3-5

Sorry I haven’t updated busy, busy at Alamo. 

Day 3: 92 miles…short of his 100 miles because of lack of camping areas.…

CFII Debbie Galvan and Jason Nassour holding his cut t-shirt which is tradition on your first solo flight.

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Pilot Scott Elliott sent in this amazing photo taken through helmet mounted NVGs (night vision goggles) at 70 nautical miles away from the…

Hi Everyone!  I am Debbie a pilot with Alamo Helicopters and if you have ever been to our website and read the bios you would know that my husband Al is a pilot also…those fixed wing things J. …

The Alamo gang headed off bright and early today to attend the 13th Annual Safer Skies  seminar hosted by the SAPD Helicopter detail this morning.  The SAPD unit brings in speakers to discuss safe air operations in and around San Antonio.  There seemed to be well over 100 in attendance with Alamo bringing 9…