Attention EFA customers and students. We have implemented new scheduling policies for you. Our flight reservations are now scheduled in 2.5 hour blocks of time. You may reserve an aircraft and/or instructor starting at: 7:30am, 10:00am, 12:30pm, 3:00pm, 5:30pm, and 8:00pm. We hope that this new schedule will give more flexibility in scheduling for the days you want. If you have any questions, please let us know! 

Learn aerobatics from two of the best airshow pilots on the circuit: Michael Goulian (EFA President) and Matt Chapman.

Starting on the evening of March 28th at the Flying W (N14) airport in New Jersey you will have the chance to spend the weekend learning all you can about aerobatics and the sportsman and intermediate aerobatic sequences.

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EFA’s new Super Decathlon has just made it from the factory with pilot and EFA customer, David Shaver. We are very excited to be able to offer a brand new Super Decathlon for all of our upset and aerobatic training. It has a Garmin 496 GPS and beautiful dark leather seats.

The hourly rate will be $190 per hour. The aircraft will be available for rental/dual starting at the beginning of February! We will keep you posted. Call us to schedule today!

EFA mechanic, Gary Marcote, has a long history with the company.  As one of our most tenured employees, Gary has been working with EFA aircraft since 1996.  Born and raised in Rhode Island, he lived in Connecticut while working on his A/P at East Coast Aero Tech.  While in school, Gary worked part-time in the EFA maintenance hanger, and in our line service department.

Upon receiving his A/P in 1997, Gary started working full time at EFA as a mechanic.  Since that time, he has worked to refine his skills, and has had the opportunity to work on several of the EFA “project planes” which have involved total top to bottom overhauls of mechanical, powerplant, and avionics systems.  He is currently the lead mechanic on the overhaul of the EFA Arrow.  In recent years, Gary has earned his Private Pilot certificate through EFA, and has had the opportunity to explore several different levels of aircraft service; working in both piston and turbine shops.  His return to the EFA shop has allowed us to provide our customers with one of the best, most experienced mechanics in New England.  As Gary says, “I love working on airplanes, there isn’t anything I’d rather do”.

Many of you will be familiar with EFA leaseback owner, Larry Monroe. Through his work as Vice President for International Programs at Berklee College of Music, Larry has taken his knowledge and skills to the world stage, becoming a premier performer and lecturer at contemporary music education programs throughout Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East. Over the next three years, Larry will divide his time between Boston and Valencia, Spain where he will coordinate the opening of Berklee’s first international branch campus.

If you dont know Larry personally, chances are you know his aircraft. Larry has flown with EFA for nearly thirty years and bought his first plane, N5199J, through our leaseback program in 2002 . In 2004, he upgraded to N21693, a beautiful red and white 172SP, that was a popular choice for our rental customers. Larry has found that his planes are a great resource for visiting family and friends in the greater Northeast area. This past spring, Larry upgraded again, this time to a new Cessna 172SP (N6229Q) with the G1000 avionics package, which he also puchased through our leaseback program and placed with EFA for our training fleet. Larry has found EFA to be an ideal choice for people looking to own an aircraft: The EFA leaseback program offers me a great opportunity to own a plane, have it professionally managed, and have access to it when I need it without the normal hassles of scheduling maintenance and service.

Larry’s wife Rita, when not traveling with Larry, is also an EFA primary student, having gotten her start through our Pinch Hitter program. 

You may not know this, but Executive Flyers has used Castrol Aviator oils (a brand owned by AirBP) for the last 4 years in its aircraft (over 30). We hope that if you are a pilot or an aircraft owner, you have had a chance to use Castrol Aviator in your aircraft (for piston engines only). Read More…

At AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI this past July, Cessna introduced the new SkyCatcher 162 Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). EFA believes that the SkyCatcher will be a wonderful addition to the fleet and will open up a whole new world of flying to you. That is why we have ordered two SkyCatchers that will be delivered in 2008. These aircraft will allow EFA offer training for the Sport Pilot Certificate. You can find out all the information you could ever want about the SkyCatcher on this web site www.cessnaskycatcher.com. Read More…

Long-time EFA customer and student, Alan Oppenheim, gives us an inside look into his wonderful trip from Boston to Miami in a Skyhawk. Maybe this will give you inspiration to fly to new and far destinations…

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EFA is proud to announce that our friend and part-time employee of 20 years has joined our staff full time. Marc recently retired as a pilot from FedEx and will now be one of EFA’s Assistant Chief Flight Instructors and Training Directors.

Aviation has been a huge part of Marc’s life since he was a child as he spent much of his formative years at the airport with his dad, who is also a pilot. Prior to joining FedEx, Marc spent 20 years in the US Air Force flying the F-4 Phantom fighter as a line pilot and as an Operational Test and Evaluation Test Project Officer. Read More…

Looking for a cross country trip for this weekend like no other? The Gathering of Mustangs & Legends in Columbus, OH is a not-to-be-missed event with over 100 mustangs and a host of “Legend” P-51 pilots attending. If you have a chance to fly out to Ohio this Thursday, Friday or Saturday, you will witness amazing performances and flights by many of our legend war pilots, amazing airshow performers (including our own Michael Goulian), and the US Air Force Thunderbirds.
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