Safety First Saving Human Life through Training is the core of the Red Star Aviation mission. Flight Training is where it all comes together. The “Law of Primacy” tells us that the first exposure a pilot gets in a new area is going to be the mot important exposure. The “Law of Intensity” tells us that the more concentrated the exposure, the longer it will be remembered. Our in-house flight training environment is designed to give pilots an intense exposure to a Professional and Safe method of operating Warbirds. Our method is simple: We stress Thinking as well as Flying. We train our pilots to Identify Risk, to Remediate Risk, and to Mitigate Hazards. Our methods, based on the best practices of the US Military and Civil Flight Test Environments, and modified as appropriate for Civilian Recreational Operation of High Performance Aircraft, are proven to work. All of our flight briefings conclude with the following questions: “What is the most likely cause of a mishap occurring today? “What can we do to mitigate this risk?” When we have the answers to that question, and not before, we’re ready to suit up!   Flight Training Programs:  Red Star Aviation offers several different courses of instruction at our own location, and others that are available offsite but which are staffed by Red Star Aviation instructors. Our training programs can be broken into several different areas, each of use to aviators at different levels of their progression in the Warbird Sport. Just a few of these are:   Initial Orientation Training: Initial Orientation Training, non Aircraft-Specific: This is where a prospective Warbird owner can get a feel of what it is really like to operate a Warbird Aircraft. The focus of this course is not to train the candidate to fly these aircraft (although we will fly!), but is designed to show the candidate what it is like to own and operate a Warbird. Subjects will include FAA requirements for the Pilot, FAA requirements for the Aircraft, aircraft recordkeeping, FAA inspection programs, inspection costs and procedures, insurance availability and costs, parachute packing requirements, personal life-support equipment, as well as detailed pre and post flight servicing, and all of the other details that go into making a SAFE and LEGAL flight. This is all of the information (read that HARD WORK) that sellers of the aircraft normally don’t bother to mention when advertising airplanes for sale. Do you really want to be involved with the sport? If so, go into it with your eyes open. The graduate of this course will be able to selectively examine the maintenance records and operating limitations of an aircraft, and will be in a position to ask the right questions of a seller. He’ll also have a feel for the “non-flying” aspects of Warbird ownership. Costs are determined based on the number and type of aircraft flights desired, and a prospective purchaser may wish to sample several different aircraft types. This course can be tailored to either Jet or Piston operations based on operators requirements. No aspiring Warbird pilot should even consider buying an airplane without taking this 2-day course of instruction.   Pilot Initial Training: Pilot Initial Training, Aircraft Specific: These courses are designed to qualify an aviator to be the Pilot in Command of a Warbird. Courses can range from a simple 1-Day checkout of a previously experienced aviator in a Warbird not requiring a specific FAA authorization to fly (T-34, Yak-52, T-6/SNJ, etc), to complete syllabuses for conversion and subsequent FAA Rating issuance in any level of high performance piston aircraft or jet. Each course will consist of specific Ground School training as well as Flight Training and Testing in accordance with FAA requirements. Courses can be given in owners aircraft, or in aircraft operated by the Museum. Training may be done at our location or at the operators home-base, as required.   Recurrent Training / Flight Reviews / Insurance Recurrency Training: Recurrent Training/Flight Reviews/Insurance Recurrency Training: In accordance with the latest guidance from the FAA, pilots flying aircraft requiring a specific authorization to fly (Experimental Aircraft Type Rating) are required to take a Flight Review in the specific Make and Model of aircraft every 24 months. These Biennial Reviews count as a Biennial Flight Review in all other aircraft types not requiring a specific rating, so that a biennial in, for example, a T-28 will also count in a Bonanza, but not vice-versa. In addition, a flight review is required by the FAA at any time where a pilot exceeds the 180 day experience requirements (3 Takeoffs and Landings) in any specific make and model Warbird for any reason. If you run out of landing currency in a Warbird requiring a rating to fly, you can NOT go out and do solo landings to reset your currency as is done in other aircraft, the FAA requires that you receive a Flight Review from an Authorized Instructor. In addition to FAA requirements, many insurance companies now require an annual recurrent flight review. Red Star Aviation has courses tailored to each of these requirements, and can fulfill your recurrent training requirements in your aircraft or ours. Our training is accepted for all insurance requirements, and we are the preferred training provider for several major insurance brokers.   Specialty Training: Continuing Education: Specialty training in several different areas can be provided upon request. Many Corporate Flight Departments use our services, in conjunction with full-motion simulation training, to ensure that their pilots can maneuver their aircraft safely during emergencies such as wake-turbulence encounters, windshear, or high altitude jet upset. Pilots may wish to take specific training in aerobatics, instrument flying, or more advanced levels of general proficiency flying. Training should be fun and rewarding. We make sure that it is, and endeavor at all times to produce a safe and competent pilot with superb skills.