Phenom Jet Association Conference - March 24-28, 2011 - San Antonio, TX

We had a PHENOMENAL time at the Phenom Jet Association Conference in San Antonio, TX! We conducted our Companion Training Course with the wives and companions of several Phenom 100 & Phenom 300 owners who were in attendance. Our companion training course consisted of a two day ground school and in-flight simulated emergency landing. The ground school and in-flight simulated landing were administered by Ben Marcus and several of his associate flight instructors with all participants. All of the participants enrolled in the Companion Training Course enthusiastically studied very hard and were able to land all aircraft safely in the presence of their instructors. Quite the accomplishment!

In addition, we spent most of our time at the conference looking over the many vendor exhibits and sitting in on information sessions presented by Embraer, Pratt and Whitney, Radar Training International, Air Journey, and CAE SimuFlite to name a few!

Below you will find a few photos of some of the Companion Course participants after their successful landings with their instructors:

Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association - First Regional Event - Houston, TX

It was such a pleasure to see everyone at the Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Associations first regional event in Houston, TX at KEFD, March 11-13, 2011. The event was coordinated by Cyrus Sigari, CJP Regional Event Coordinator and jetAVIVA President. Cyrus also served as the Master of Ceremonies for the entire weekend. This event is the first of many regional events to come and was a huge success as it sold out with over 65 guests in attendance!

Touching down at KEFD and seeing the rows upon rows of Citation Jets owned by CJP members was a spectacular view! For those of you who don't know, KEFD was established by the Army Air Service on May 21, 1917, and was originally created as a training facility. Ellington Field is currently used by the military, NASA, commercial and general aviation sectors. The airport is one of the few airfields built for World War I training purposes still in operation today.

The first regional event at the historic Ellington Field was planned by jetAVIVA and was hosted by Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association founding member and CJ3 owner, Stuart Fred. Stuart opened up his expansive private hangar to every attending member and their guests for the entire weekend. Not only did he graciously host the entire weekend, he was also able to arrange a keynote presentation with NASA's Shuttle Commander, Charlie Precourt, a Safety Stand-down seminar with NASA's Safety Officer Solunac "Solo" Nebojsa, as well as private tours of the neighboring NASA facility and of the old war birds in Fighter Hangar One. Stuart and Charlie Precourt flew several attendees in Stuart's very own L-39 throughout the weekend as well!

The weekend was action packed but we still managed to settle in and enjoy our Texas Round-Up like the true cowboys we are. We indulged in Texan cuisine with a cigar and moonshine (Patron Spirits) to boot! Friday kicked off our Texas Round-up with a BBQ dinner with all the fixings sponsored by PNC Aviation Finance. Saturday afternoon our Tex-Mex lunch was sponsored by jetAVIVA and our cocktail Prime Rib dinner was sponsored by CAE SimuFlite. On Sunday, our final morning in Houston was spent at the Universal Weather & Aviation headquarters where we enjoyed a hosted breakfast and tour of their operations facility before blasting off!