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Welcome to NAFI
National Association of Flight Instructors
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An international organization dedicated exclusively to raising and maintaining the professional standing of the flight instructor in the aviation community, NAFI has served as the voice of aviation education since inception in 1967. We now move to enhance this original commitment, as general aviation faces new and exciting challenges. NAFI serves the full spectrum of the flight instructor community, and offers its members the finest benefit package available in aviation education. With our monthly publication of Mentor, MASTER INSTRUCTOR program, industry discounts, and seminars, NAFI recognizes flight instructors as the front line for quality control in the aviation world. So whether you are a CFl, an Ultralight Flight Instructor, a student pilot, or simply an interested individual, NAFI has something for you.
GA Awards Program Finds Home at Museum
September 8, 2008 - For the first time in its 45-year history, the General Aviation Awards Program has a place to call home and a place where the names of the annual recipients of the awards can be publicly recognized and honored. During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008, a plaque honoring the recipients of the Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year, the Aviation Maintenance Technician of the Year, the Avionics Technician of the Year, and the FAA Safety Team Representative of the Year was hung in the EAA AirVenture Museum, in the Hall of Fame. (read more)
NAFI, FAA Pen Safety-Training Agreement
September 5, 2008 - Pilots may soon get a better, stronger, clearer safety message from their instructors, if a letter of understanding signed this week by the Federal Aviation Administration Safety Team (FAASTeam) and NAFI works as planned. (read more)
NAFI Flight Instructor Hall of Fame Inductees Chosen
September 4, 2008 - NAFI is proud to announce that this year we have two inductees for the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame Selection Committee has chosen Joan Mace and Charles Fairbanks as this year’s inductees. The inductees will be a part of an induction ceremony held in conjunction with the annual EAA and NAFI board of directors meeting this October in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (read more)
August 2008 Master Instructors
August 31, 2008 - The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) takes pride in announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of these very special aviation educators. Recently, they were all accredited as Master Instructors by NAFI, their professional aviation education association. (read more)
NAFI and EAA Jointly Submit Comments on Proposed Changes to the Sport Pilot Rule
August 18, 2008 - Last week NAFI working with EAA jointly submitted comments to the FAA's proposed changes to the Sport Pilot Rule this week with the goal of maintaining the original intent of the rule: continuing to reduce recreational aviation's cost and regulatory barriers. (read more)
Check Fraud Scheme Aimed at Flight Instructors
June 12, 2008 - Recently, the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) has become aware of several instances in the U.S. and abroad in which flight training providers and instructors have been contacted to provide training for a candidate under questionable payment conditions. (read more)
New Opportunities to Participate in NAFI Management
August 15, 2007 - Phil Poynor, chairman of the board of directors of the National Association of Flight Instructors, has announced opportunities for NAFI members to become more involved in the operations and direction of the association. “We have created five committees for member participation,” Poynor explained. “Each committee will be integrally associated with the determination and execution of NAFI policy in coming years.” (read more)
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