The Passion That Became Upper Limit

Every company has a story. Some of those stories have launched into pop culture, such as the founding of Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft. These companies were founded in the garages of individuals who had a passion and used that passion to form some of our most notable products and companies in the 21st century.

Upper Limit Aviation may not be as well-recognized as Apple, but our founding does have the same passion behind it that led to its founding by the mother and son CEOs who remain at the company's helm today. The founding of Upper Limit can be traced back to co-founder Lois Reid's childhood, where she watched her parents build aircraft in the family's backyard. Her father was a veteran pilot during World War II and her love of aviation is a family affair. Her husband was a commercial airline pilot as well.

Lois opens up about her story and how she and her son built a company that is dedicated to serving veterans and pilots across the country. She shares the hardships her family has endured, but how the love of flying was unwavering and continues to lead Upper Limit Aviation today.

You can read more about Lois' story here.

Best of 2014: Part 1

In honor of the new year, we're reflecting on the monumental achievements of the past one. Upper Limit has soared to new heights in the year 2014, and there is no better way to document that then through our pilots. We went through all of our Facebook pages and gathered every photo that had a significant amount of likes in order to highlight a look back at 2014. Happy New Year to our students, staff, and their families. We can't wait to see how far we soar in 2015!

Jon snapped this shot last night after his flight. | December 22, 2014

Upper Limit Aviation Employees Danielle and Jeff went up for an early morning fixed wing flight today over Zion National Park! | December 19, 2014

CFI Ryan showing his Upper Limit love in Hawaii! | December 18, 2014

No one can resist a selfie while getting a ride in an R-44! | December 16, 2014

Perfect flying weather at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City | August 26, 2014

Introducing the Tecnam P2006t

Introducing the Tecnam P2006t at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City.

Flying into the Sunset

Flying into the sunset at +Upper Limit Aviation - Memphis.

Over the Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam fly by from Jeff at +Upper Limit Aviation - Salt Lake City.

Photo by: Jeff Vogel. Submitted on +Instagram

1,000 Facebook Followers

Thanks to all of our Facebook followers at +Upper Limit Aviation - Memphis who are ready to "take off" with us!

Top Cub Arrives in Salt Lake

The CubCrafters Top Cub Arrives at +Upper Limit Aviation, Inc. Check out the details - http://goo.gl/Wc35ER

How One Man's Dream Became a Reality

By David King

Manny Cavazos stands next to a fixed-wing airplane in the +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City hangar.

Manny with his daughter, standing next to Grace & Charlie
McAllister.

Becoming a pilot in the 1960s was much different than it is today. In a field where diversity was almost non-existent, minorities and women faced several obstacles to get a pilots license. Manny Cavazos became more determined to become a pilot the more that he was told he could never do it. After persistence and hard work, he finally obtained his license and began a career in aviation. Now, after decades in the aviation industry, Manny is a flight instructor at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City instructing students in the fixed-wing program.

Read Manny's story: http://goo.gl/cmnyo8

Cessna Flyover

Jeff sent in this photo flying the #Cessna 172 over +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City and the +Southern Utah University campus!

Fixed-Wing Pilot Flight Training Foundations

Fixed-Wing Pilot Flight Training Foundations

Upper Limit Aviation has developed a reputation within the flight training industry for providing some of the best flight training available to commercial students. Our program is built on the fundamental concepts that underpin all successful aviation instruction. We teach a balance of theoretical flight knowledge and practical flight experience. Our training emphasizes developing good traits such as patience and caution, while also teaching problem solving and confidence. There are inevitable hiccups encountered while flying, and we teach you the skills necessary to confront them as part of the ordinary course of a day’s flight. We teach you to regard them as they are, part of the unpredictability that can make flying a fixed-wing aircraft such a joy. Upper Limit Aviation (1-855-HELIEDU) can help you cultivate the knowledge necessary to become a high-flying success in the aviation industry.

Flight Training Helps Pilots Know How to Manage All Aspects of Fixed-Wing Aviation

There are a variety of issues that pilots may face that they must be well trained in order to overcome. Good pilots recognize that everything that happens in the aircraft has an appropriate response. Learning how to respond the right way quickly is part of the art and craft of aviation. Stalling, spatial disorientation or failure to maintain directional control can all be issues that lead to serious consequences for pilots who don’t know what they’re doing. Make no mistake, there are perilous circumstances that can arise in an aircraft. But Upper Limit Aviation can teach you how respond to any situation you may come across inflight. There are effective ways to deal with each of those issues, and they can all be covered in flight training.

Upper Limit Aviation provides what we feel is the best flight training today’s pilots can receive. We have designed the best flight education program that we can, and we feel that our graduates embody the qualities that top employers are looking for, such as attentive to safety, detail-oriented and problem-solving capabilities. We are able to offer training to any students, but we have programs that are especially appealing to veterans, due to the fact that many vets are able to use the benefits of the Post 9/11 GI Bill in order to receive a free or deeply discounted flight training education. To learn how Upper Limit Aviation can change your life, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Fixed-Wing Pilot Training: Developing Skills

Fixed-Wing Pilot Training: Developing Skills

Our society has moved in a direction that forces us to constantly prioritize our attention. We have all developed the ability to focus on many things at the same time. We’ve all gotten used to staring at so many screens  but one has to wonder if we’re able to focus the same amount of concentration and absorb the same amount of information from all these sources, as we used to get from one. Professional fixed-wing pilots are all too familiar with the notion of multitasking. Ask a pilot how many things he has to focus on and it’ll blow your mind. However, recent research suggests that people who describe themselves as multitaskers may actually be terrible at multitasking. If that’s the case, then what is it that pilots are doing right? And how we can Upper Limit Aviation (1-855-HELIEDU) promise to be able to make our graduates excel at this difficult skill?

What Can Fixed-WIng Pilots Do That Others Struggle To Grasp?

Studies show that people who describe themselves as multitaskers have an extremely difficult time setting aside unnecessary incoming information. They have problems focusing on the task at hand. They have trouble remembering things and organizing their thoughts. Basically, they have trouble performing all of the central functions pertaining to multitasking. So what is it that pilots have that has not been observed in this research. Basically, professional fixed-wing pilots are excellent at task switching, problem solving and planning ahead. These are the three key traits of successful multitasking. Airplane pilots must focus on monitoring the visual field, observing the instruments of the aircraft, listening for audible cues as well as taking in information from air traffic controllers, stay on the flight plan and navigate their route, in addition to many other tasks. It’s a wonder that pilots are able to keep their aircraft aloft while paying attention to so many things.

Upper Limit Aviation has perfected the training methods that provide the most impact in terms of getting airplane pilots ready to fly professionally. We believe that the best pilots are also the safest pilots. Caution is a virtue when planning and while in flight. Total awareness of your surroundings is absolutely vital. Our training will teach you to manage your attention successfully and prepare you for success in whatever industry you choose to seek a career in. To find out more about how Upper Limit Aviation has managed to earn a 100% employment rate for our graduates, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Deciding to Become a Professional Fixed-Wing Pilot

Deciding to Become a Professional Fixed-Wing Pilot

There are many reasons that our students decide to pursue becoming a professional fixed-wing pilot. Some students are interested in taking up a hobby later in life, now that the kids have moved out and the time is right -- they've waited for it to make good financial sense. Maybe it wasn't the right time earlier in life, for whatever reason. Or maybe they’re seeking a career change. Whatever the reason that you've sought to reinvent yourself as a pilot, you've chosen to do so at precisely the right time. The aviation industry is absolutely beating down our doors for new pilots. Upper Limit Aviation (1-855-HELIEDU) receives regular phone calls from top recruiters asking for our new student graduates. There is a huge pilot shortage. There are more planes than there are pilots available to fly them.

Professional Fixed-Wing Pilots are in High Demand

Across the globe, the entire aviation industry is in a period of sustained growth the likes of which have never been seen. It used to be that new pilots would have to toil away, waiting to be promoted to the good jobs. Now, many new pilots are graduating, picking up some hours, and heading straight for the best jobs available.

Our students are made up of both private pay students and also veterans who are using the benefits of the Post 9/11 GI Bill to receive a free or very cheap flight training education. There are many older veterans who may not realize that benefits of the Montgomery GI Bill may be able to provide them assistance as well. Our admissions counselors are experts when it comes to assisting veterans. Call 1-855-HELIEDU with any questions you may have.

With the prospects looking as they do for airplane pilots, we feel strongly that this is the best possible time for you to pursue flight training. We think that the industry conditions are favorable for a prolonged period of growth that exceeds any aviation industry historical examples. And it’s not just us, there are many industry vets who note that aircraft sales are on a pattern to rise for at least the next five years. Whether this is going to be a hobby, or a new career, help us help you to achieve success in the next phase of your life by calling 1-855-HELIEDU.

Global Fixed-Wing Pilot Focus: Alaska

Global Fixed-Wing Pilot Focus: Alaska

Being a professional fixed-wing pilot gives you the opportunity to get a unique vantage point on some of the most beautiful sights that the world has to offer. Pilots are spoiled for opportunity when it comes to daily chances to witness beauty. Very few people get to see the up close aerial perspective on these beautiful sights, and often, photos just don’t do justice. All pilots have a dream flight or a favorite place that they've had the chance to fly. Ask many pilots what their dream flight will be and you’ll get a surprising uniformity of answers: Alaska. There are many reasons that flying in Alaska is so desirable. For one thing, many areas in Alaska are only accessible by way of air travel. Upper Limit Aviation (1-855-HELIEDU) is a flight training school that can help you become a professional fixed-wing pilot, giving you the opportunity to fulfill your aviation dreams.

Alaska: An Aviation Playground for Experienced Fixed-Wing PIlots

Make no mistake, Alaska is best left to experienced pilots. Flying in Alaska is tough and requires a lot of skill, but that’s part of what makes it such a joy and a thrill. There are new safety measures coming into pace all the time, such as improved communication, but the weather poses an omnipresent challenge to pilots. With the right balance of caution and expertise, you will have no problem navigating this airspace safely. From the winding coastal territory that meets white capped waves and leads out to sinewy islands with lush flora and fauna, to the inland tundra, ascending mountains and other sights. The wintry natural beauty on display in Alaska is unparalleled.

Upper Limit Aviation can provide the proper training to help fixed-wing pilots get flying where ever their dreams may take them. For some, that will be Alaska, for others, Hawaii, for still more, Kansas City. Wherever you want to fly, the process starts with getting the right training. If you want to work offshore oil and gas support or work in special transport in Alaska, you’ll need to become a true master in the cockpit. Upper Limit Aviation can help veterans determine their eligibility for benefits under the Post 9/11 GI BIll. We can help private pay students locate the proper funding stream to complete their training. We have three campuses, located in West Memphis, AR, Salt Lake City, UT and Cedar City, UT that can help you grab hold of your future and achieve aviation success. Call 1-855-HELIEDU to learn more.

Professional Fixed-Wing Pilots Must Always Keep Learning

Professional Fixed-Wing Pilots Must Always Keep Learning

Professional fixed-wing pilots must allow themselves to be receptive to learning experiences every single time they lift the wheels off the ground. Each flight should be regarded as an opportunity to become a better pilot. When it comes to being a professional fixed-wing pilot, there is no surer guarantee of mediocrity than when a pilot slides into complacency. And just ask your passengers whether they’re alright with flying in a plane piloted by a pilot whose skills are mediocre. Staying engaged is the key to keeping your edge. The best pilots are the pilots who recognized that safety and knowledge go hand in hand. Upper Limit Aviation (1-855-HELIEDU) believes that we offer just the right combination of training essentials to form students into the best pilots that they can be.

How Professional Fixed-Wing Pilots Can Turn Every Flight Into An Opportunity to Learn

There are many elements that go into flying other than just taking off, steering and landing. It looks and feels seamless to your passengers or to observers on the ground, but from the preflight checklist to the checks you need to perform during taxi, pre-takeoff and takeoff itself, you know that flying is a set of small tasks that add up to a greater whole. In fact, using a checklist is exactly what can make you the best pilot you can be. Obviously there are checklists that all pilots go through, but make your own personal checklist, and incorporate all of your own personal rituals, checks and routines, all of the particular traits that make you as a pilot unique. Then examine your performance against that checklist every time, and each time you perform a new task or realize that you’ve left something off, add it to the list and make sure you do it the next time. Before too long, you’ll see your skills as a professional fixed-wing pilot improving.

Upper Limit Aviation is a firm believer that our pilot graduates will be doing themselves the best favor they can by trying to keep learning at the front of their mind every single time they set out to fly. The training you receive at Upper Limit Aviation will prepare you for success in your chosen professional fixed-wing pilot career. Whether you decide to obtain a CFI certification or further, you will have access to all the training opportunities you could at ask for at Upper Limit Aviation’s campuses. To learn how Upper Limit Aviation can assist you in becoming the best pilot you can be, and then help you develop a lifelong thirst for improvement, call 1-855-HELIEDU today.

Fixed-Wing Pilot Careers: Business Jet Pilots

Fixed-Wing Pilot Careers: Business Jet Pilots

Professional fixed-wing pilots have a seemingly limitless number of career options available to them. While commercial airlines may prove enticing for many pilots, not everyone wants to work for such a big company or fly the same route over and over again. There are a number of fixed-wing pilot career options that can satisfy the preferences of an array of pilots. Executive travel options such as business jets need highly skilled pilots. Flying a business jet is a great career choice for a fixed-wing pilot who wishes to work varied routes, and have a more varied schedule. Upper Limit Aviation (1-855-HELIEDU) can help pilots train to become business jet pilots.

Business Jet Pilot Careers are an Excellent Choice for Many Fixed-Wing Pilots

There are many additional perks available to fixed-wing pilots who choose piloting a business jet as their career. The opportunity to work with a smaller team is something that many pilots in this industry value. Aviation is a job that involves a lot of trust and, hopefully, mutual respect, and the opportunity to get to know the people you work with, including getting to know your boss well, is an invaluable opportunity for many pilots. Working with a smaller crew and transporting fewer passengers make this professional fixed-wing pilot career a no brainer for a certain kind of pilot. While it is true that this career is more susceptible to the whims of the economy, the recent economic downturn actually highlighted just how robust this industry is. Private jet timeshares and fractional jet ownership programs are on the rise.

Upper Limit Aviation’s training seeks to empower our students with the skills necessary to perform with excellence in the professional fixed-wing pilot career of their choice. Whether you wish to work for a commercial airline or work for a chartered-type employer, you’ll be well prepared for success when you complete your fixed-wing flight training at Upper Limit Aviation. Many of our students arrive to us soon after completing their military service. Those pilots will most likely be eligible to use their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to receive a free or deeply discounted education. An aviation career is a stable and rewarding choice with forecasts for a bright future. Call 1-855-HELIEDU to help Upper Limit Aviation help you realize your potential.

Ways Pilots Can Earn an Associates Degree

How Professional Pilots Can Earn an Associates Degree

Upper Limit Aviation is committed to the success of our students. One of the best ways that we can extend the benefits of our program to our students is by encouraging them to utilize the added value contributed by the schools we have partnered with by earning an associate degree. A college degree has long been a part of the set of qualifications that many employers use to determine who may be an ideal candidate to work in a given position. Many pilots forgo the opportunity to further their education beyond the minimum requirements for what is expected to obtain an entry-level pilot job. While this strategy will work for many pilots, there is a lot to be said for adding extra education to your skill set and knowledge base.

Upper Limit Aviation has chosen its partners schools wisely. The schools that we have partnered with offer students the chance to participate in a truly beneficial scholastic program that will enhance their experience and knowledge as professional pilots by allowing them to earn an associate of science or an associate of applied science degree.

Students studying to become a helicopter or fixed-wing pilot at our West Memphis, AR campus can simultaneously enroll at Mid-South Community College, allowing them not only to earn a college degree, but also to have access to further funding opportunities that may not be available to students who do not choose the college route.

While military veterans may have the ability to use the Post 9/11 GI Bill’s benefits in order to secure a deeply discounted or free education, private citizens may have an easier time securing funding to attend our program by concurrently enrolling in one of our partner college programs. After all, if the byproduct of securing funding more easily is that you wind up with a college degree on top of your flight training, thus making you a more qualified and more employable pilot, what’s the harm?

To find out how Upper Limit Aviation can help you earn an associate degree while pursuing your flight training, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Fixed-Wing Careers in Cargo Delivery

Cargo Delivery Pilot Fixed-Wing Careers

The recent circumstances that have caused growth among all facets of the aviation industry have created a tremendous set of opportunities for pilots seeking fixed-wing careers. Essentially, a combination of influences has led to a perfect storm to benefit new pilots. Many Vietnam era pilots are retiring, while at the same time, companies from a range of industries have found new ways to utilize the services of pilots. Industry insiders suggest that this growth will continue for at least the next five years. Upper LImit Aviation wishes to help our fixed-wing pilot students take full advantage of this historic moment.

While there are a range of jobs that are available now that may not even have existed as recently as a few years ago, there are certain fixed-wing careers that pilots have reliably pursue for years. Cargo delivery pilots can attest to this fact. Fixed-wing pilots working within the field of cargo delivery have benefitted from the increasing role of globalization in international commerce. Goods manufactured in one country are often delivered via fixed-wing aircraft. Specialty shipments require service faster than a ship or other means of transport can deliver. Cargo delivery pilots are the beneficiaries of an increasing reliance on the quickening pace of modern technology and communication.

Cargo Delivery Pilot Careers Start With Excellent Training at Upper Limit Aviation

Upper Limit Aviation believes that we can offer fixed-wing students the opportunity to develop the skills they’ll need in order to fully take off in their chosen field. Many Upper Limit Aviation fixed-wing pilot students may enjoy the varied routes they’ll be able to fly in this career, or the need for constant turnaround, always taking them new places, spending as much time as possible in the air.

To find out how Upper Limit Aviation can help tomorrow’s fixed-wing cargo delivery pilots establish themselves within their career, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Pipeline Inspection Careers with Fixed-Wing Aircraft

Pipeline Inspection Fixed-Wing Careers

The growth exhibited across all sectors of the aviation field has created a dynamic situation that has enabled professional pilots seeking fixed-wing careers to have access to an impressive range of opportunities. Industry veterans report having never seen such conditions in the job market. Because of the way that various industries have expanded and changed, there have been infrastructural changes that insinuate the need for fixed-wing and other aircraft in an unprecedented way. This has led to a situation where there are currently more jobs available than there are pilots to perform them. Obviously, this has been tremendously beneficial to new pilots.

Pipeline inspection by fixed wing pilots is a career that has emerged as an increasing number of companies utilize piping mechanisms to facilitate their operations. From oil and gas drilling to power companies and telecommunication providers, companies must lay extensive networks of piping across large areas of territory. These pipelines are best inspected from above, thereby creating an opportunity for professional pilots seeking careers as a fixed-wing pipeline inspection pilot. These days, opportunity is everywhere for fixed-wing pilots.

Fixed-Wing Pipeline Inspection Careers Can Start the Day You Start Your Training

Upper Limit Aviation believes that your career starts the day you enroll. This is because you become a pilot on the day you enroll. Jobs are what you do from day to day. Careers are what you spend your life doing. Becoming a fixed-wing pilot is a choice that many pilots look back on as one of the defining decisions of their life. Pipeline inspection gives fixed-wing pilots the opportunity to spend their career, and life, soaring through the air, an opportunity all pilots relish.

To find out how Upper Limit Aviation can help you get started working toward a fixed-wing career in pipeline inspection, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Becoming a Fixed-Wing Pilot

The Decision to Become a Fixed-Wing Pilot

Deciding to become a professional fixed-wing pilot is a big, life-altering choice. For most pilots, they will look back on that choice as one of the key decisions that defined their life, along with decisions such as whom to marry, where to live, when to start a family. A career is not just how you spend your day, it is how you spend your life. Professional pilots are engaged in soulfully fulfilling work, with built-in joy and rewards.

The fact that there has never been a more optimal time to become a professional pilot is a huge bonus for a group of men and women who have some of the best jobs in the world. And those jobs have never been more accessible, thanks to job market conditions created by a shortage of fixed-wing pilots.

How Upper Limit Aviation Works to Produce the Best Professional Fixed-Wing Pilots

Upper Limit Aviation believes that we have designed the best program we possibly can in order to train professional pilots to seize the best jobs available to fixed-wing pilots today. We have done this by building programs that emphasize practical flight experience along with mechanical knowledge and a deep understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of flight. Our reputation is for producing pilots who exceed the minimum requirements in all aspects of flight training. We do this because we do not support the ‘race to the bottom’ culture exemplified by some schools.

There are a variety of considerations involved with the decision to become a professional fixed-wing pilot, such as relocation, the amount of time required for training and the cost of schooling. Our admissions representatives have answers for you regarding all of those points and much more.

To learn how to take the necessary steps to make the best decision of your life by becoming a professional pilot of fixed-wing aircraft today, call Upper Limit Aviation at 1-855-HELIEDU.