Gleim Student Is Plane Chaser, Aircraft Appraiser, Museum Owner, Author, Pilot, Producer As a kid, Gordon Page said he immersed himself in aviation history by avidly reading stories about iconic planes. In Chapter 1 of his book, Chasing Planes, he writes that as a sixth grader, “I could identify anything with wings,” and “as long...Read More

Queens, New York – Attitude Is Everything. These three words are stenciled on the overhead beams of the entrance hallway at Aviation High School (AHS) in Long Island City, Queens, New York are a vintage greeting to more than 2,000 aviation-minded students a day. A banner spanning the hallway that leads to a hangar where...Read More

Human performance scientist and pilot-in-training Dr. Ronald Storm’s theories are proving to be true. “It’s pretty easy to tell which three landings were done with my CFI and which were done solo,” he said about the results of data he collected throughout his flight training experience both in the Gleim Virtual Cockpit simulator and in...Read More

Gleim Aviation is proud to announce the release of the 2018 Knowledge Test Prep editions for Sport Pilot, Private Pilot, Instrument Pilot, Flight and Ground Instructor, and Fundamentals of Instructing. These new FAA Knowledge Test Prep books are now available. Customers using the Gleim Online Ground School or FAA Test Prep Online have already received...Read More

Gleim Aviation is highlighting outstanding aviators, CFIs, teachers and students who have used Gleim Aviation products and the Gleim Knowledge Transfer System to pass FAA knowledge and practical tests. Pasco County Aviation Technology Teacher Steve Franks stores his Civil Air Patrol (CAP) uniform in his office at Hudson High School. “I still got all of...Read More

Global Aviation Center Director of Operations and Marketing Brian Miller and a panel of aviation experts have narrowed down the list of First Flight Lesson recipients to 50 using two criteria: zero experience and a passion for flying. The flight school based at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York, was recently awarded a sponsorship by...Read More

Human Performance Scientist and pilot-in-training Dr. Ronald Storm barely remembers the first time he took off in a plane during a flying lesson six months ago. But he vividly remembers sitting in a cockpit with his father more than 40 years ago when he was just 4 years old. “My first memories are of airplanes,”...Read More

GAINESVILLE, FL. – Less than a year after Gleim Aviation launched the Remote Pilot FAA Test Prep Online course for pilots of unmanned aircraft, a book complementing the online course is off the presses. Gleim Aviation Marketing Specialist and Flight Instructor, Paul Duty said the Remote Pilot FAA Knowledge Test Prep book has been requested...Read More

Every 24 calendar months, CFIs must renew their flight instructor certificate. Just as CFIs have to renew their certificate, Gleim must also renew our FAA authorization of your FIRC every 24 months. On June 5, 2017, the FAA approved the latest revisions to the Gleim FIRC. Gleim was proud to have created the first ever online...Read More

LAKELAND, FL. – A curious University of Illinois accounting student took his Triumph Bonneville for a ride south of campus one day and noticed that he was traveling faster than several small aircraft flying overhead. Curiosity led the young Irvin N. Gleim to follow the planes to the local Willard Airport where he discovered the University...Read More