Category: Special Announcements

Addison, TX – Thrust Flight, a leading provider of innovative aviation training programs, is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Rising Aviation High School. This collaboration aims to provide comprehensive flight training for students, paving the way for a new generation of skilled, knowledgeable, and capable pilots. Starting in their junior year, students will […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2023 Addison, TX: The Thrust Flight Group, a leading flight school based at Addison Airport, is thrilled to announce the purchase of 20 brand new Piper Archer TX aircraft and 2 brand new Piper Seminoles for its flight training fleet. This $13 million investment not only allows the school to […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 21, 2022 Addison, TX: Thrust Flight®, a professional flight academy based at Addison Airport, is excited to announce the approval of their FAA-Approved Special Curriculum Part 141 accelerated Commercial Certificate course. This will decrease the length of their already approved Part 141 commercial course by as much as 2 months. As […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 2, 2022 ADDISON, Texas – Thrust Flight® is excited to announce it has taken delivery of Five Additional Piper Archer TX aircraft. With this delivery Thrust Flight has 12 brand new Piper Archers in their fleet with eight more due to arrive next year. Thrust Flight’s Zero Time to Airline® students […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2022 ADDISON, Texas; Nov. 21, 2020 – Thrust Flight announces a partnership with Avelo Airlines to give Thrust instructors and students the opportunity to launch a career with Avelo. This Preferred Hiring Pathway will allow Thrust Flight pilots who have achieved their hour requirements to quickly move to Avelo Airlines […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 15, 2022 Addison, TX: The Thrust Flight Group, a professional flight academy based at Addison Airport, announced today that Ray Lamas has been appointed as the new President starting today, August 15th.   Ray is the former Vice President of Federal Ventures for AECOM where he led a new growth business […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 11, 2022 Addison, TX: The Thrust Flight Group, a professional flight academy based at Addison Airport, is thrilled to be ranked the number two Flight School by Flying Magazine in their nationwide Guide to flight training programs. This guide includes a ranking of 111 flight schools and colleges with aviation degrees […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10, 2022 Addison, TX: The Thrust Flight Group, a professional flight academy based at Addison Airport, is searching for an additional chief pilot to help continue its rapid growth. With the recent approval of examining authority from the FAA, addition of future locations, and the purchase of 22 new Piper aircraft, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 3, 2022 Addison, TX: Thrust Flight® is thrilled to announce they have earned Examining Authority on their Commercial Single Engine Land Course from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for their Part 141-approved curriculum. Flight test examining authority is only available to flight schools that have demonstrated their ability to deliver consistent, […]

This $12 million Investment will help Thrust Flight Meet Rapidly Growing Demand for their Zero Time to Airline Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2022 Addison, TX: The Thrust Flight Group, a professional flight academy based at Addison Airport, is excited to announce an additional purchase of 8 brand new Piper Archer TX aircraft for […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jun 23, 2022 Addison, TX: Thrust Flight® is excited to announce it’s taken delivery of its first pair of Piper Archer TX aircraft. With 12 new Piper Archers scheduled to arrive in 2022 Thrust Flight is expanding its fleet of training aircraft to meet the rapidly increasing demand for airline pilots. As […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2021 Thrust Flight and Purdue University Global have formed a partnership to address the projected global and regional demand for aviation professionals over the next 20 years. Beginning December 13th, students accepted into the Purdue Global professional flight degree program will complete their Bachelor of Science degree courses online through Purdue Global, while completing […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 8, 2021 Addison, TX, December 3rd, 2021 – Thrust Flight® Group, a professional flight academy based at the Addison Airport, is thrilled to announce the addition of 5 brand new Piper Archer Aircraft arriving in 2022 in order to meet rising demand.  This comes off the heels of a previous order […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2021 Thrust Flight® Group, a professional flight academy based at Addison Airport, is pleased to announce the opening of another location at North Texas Regional Airport (GYI) in Denison, TX. This new facility will give them the capacity to take on even more airline career students in their Zero Time […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 4, 2021 This Purchase Expands Thrust Flights All-Glass Fleet of Modern Aircraft Addison, TX: The Thrust Flight Group, a professional flight academy based at Addison Airport, is excited to announce the purchase of 7 brand new Piper Archers for its flight training fleet. This purchase is another step in Thrust Flight’s […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 3, 2021 With this Acquisition Thrust Flight is More than Doubling its Maintenance Operation Addison, TX: The Thrust Flight Group, a professional flight academy based at Addison Airport, is excited to announce the acquisition of Flightstar Aeromotive, an aircraft maintenance facility located at Addison Airport. Thrust Flight currently operates a large […]

We tend to put our attention on the “now”, living our lives day to day, focused on what our next goal is, or the current problem in front of us. So looking back at the end of the year, it’s often surprising how much has happened. We’d like to share with our followers a look […]

Flight training in the age of COVID-19 can seem like a worrying prospect. We’ve received many questions from students and instructors alike about what they can do to stay healthy during this time as they continue to fly. Below we’ve outlined a few practices you may want to implement in your own routine as you […]

By Patrick Arnzen “So much for that pilot shortage” is a headline that can be found right now on an article posted by AOPA, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, which — according to their About Us page— exists “to protect and to grow the incredible privilege that we call general aviation.” They must certainly […]