Resources · For owners & pilots
The owner groups, manufacturers, trusted specialist shops and FAA resources our instructors recommend to the experienced pilots and aircraft owners we train.
Recommended contacts
Our go-to shop for Garmin installations. Garmin Authorized Dealer and FAA Part 145 repair station at El Monte Airport (KEMT), about 30 minutes from our Upland base. Ask for Ryan Dressler.
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Right next door at Cable Airport (KCCB), Upland. FAA-certified repair station for maintenance, inspections and major airframe and engine repairs, turbine and piston. Specialists in the PA-46 Malibu, Meridian and Jetprop, King Air, Baron and Bonanza, with factory-authorized Cirrus, Cessna and Mooney warranty service. Call 909-985-1977.
foothillaircraft.com
Our initial and recurrent training is approved by leading aviation insurers. Ask Ken which underwriters accept PAS training for your aircraft.
Contact Ken
Owner & pilot associations
TBM Owners and Pilots Association (TBMOPA): safety seminars, an annual convention and a close working relationship with Daher.
tbmopa.com
Piper M-Class Owners and Pilots Association (PMOPA), the not-for-profit association for all PA-46 variants, formerly MMOPA.
mmopa.com
Pilatus Owners and Pilots Association (POPA), founded by original PC-12 owners in 1996.
pilatusowners.org
American Bonanza Society, including owners of turbine Bonanza conversions.
bonanza.org
Manufacturers & conversions
Type certificate holder and factory support for Rockwell Turbo Commanders. Creedmoor, NC · 919-956-4300
twincommander.com
Spokane, WA. Holder of the JetPROP conversion and the Royal Turbine Duke conversion.
FAA resources
Including the Airplane Flying Handbook and Instrument Procedures Handbook.
faa.gov handbooks