North American Institute of Aviation
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| Established: | 1972 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Benjamin J. Creel |
| Staff: | 22 (approx.) Instructor employees vary in proportion to student body. |
| Location: | Conway, South Carolina, USA |
| Campus: | County airport, 9,000 square feet (840 m²) |
| Nickname: | The Conway Bombers |
| Website: | www.naiasc.com |
The North American Institute of Aviation (NAIA) is a private, FAA Part-141 flight school located in Conway, South Carolina, in the United States. Founded in 1972, NAIA has specialized in flight and aircraft maintenance training. The school has close connections to North European Aviation Resources (NEAR) of Vigra, Norway, and was for a period of time the ab-initio school of Scandinavian Airlines. NAIA boasts an international student population and graduates working for airlines world wide, but has concentrated its efforts on FAA Part-141 operations and their European JAR-FCL approved program in cooperation with NEAR, who maintains a representative at the school. NAIA operates out of the Conway-Horry County Airport where it is also the Fixed Base Operator (FBO).
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[edit] Training programs offered
North American's Professional Pilot Program includes the FAA Private Pilot License (PPL), Instrument Rating (IRA), Commercial Pilot License (CPL), Flight Instructor Certificate (CFI), Instrument Flight Instructor Certificate (CFII) and the Multi-Engine Rating courses.[1]
The school's Aviation Maintenance Technology Program includes the training courses Airframe Systems and Components, Aircraft Structures, Reciprocating Powerplant Systems and Components and the Turbine Powerplant Systems and Components course.[2] NAIA's School of Aviation Maintenance Technology also has an operational technical maintenance service which provides aircraft maintenance to the flight school's fleet as well as to the local aviation community.
[edit] The fleet
North American operates a fleet of 6 Cessna 152, 11 Cessna 172, 3 Cessna 172RG, 2 Piper Seminoles and one DA-40 Diamond Star. In addition the school is as of March 2008 in the process of undergoing operational tests of the Liberty XL2, which may gradually be phased into the fleet. The average age of the fleet is 21.6 years per 2008.[3]
[edit] Trivia
Students of North American are colloquially nicknamed "The Conway Bombers", pertaining to their historically often high activity level with aircraft departing from the home base with, what might appear as, similar time-spacing between each flight as that of WWII bomber squadrons. Several flights often go to similar destinations at the same time, normally due to a class being in the process of accomplishing the required 37 hours of solo cross-country flights.
