Tag Archives: Flying Cloud Airport

16th Annual Flying Cloud Air Tour

by Kristie Derendinger Published in Midwest Flyer – December 2019/January 2020 issue A rainy week cleared on Saturday morning, September 14th; perfect timing for 30 aircraft from Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) and surrounding airports to gather in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, … Continue reading

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AOPA Holds Congressional Meet & Greet At Thunderbird Aviation

Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2018 issue EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Longtime GA ally and supporter, Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.), a member of the House General Aviation Caucus, and cosponsor of the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2, which included … Continue reading

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Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame Dedicates Wall of Fame

Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2018 issue EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – After being in storage for nearly a decade, the plaques describing the lives and achievements of the nearly 200 inductees of the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame (MAHOF) … Continue reading

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NATA Town Hall Meeting

NATA Town Hall Meeting for aviation businesses, sponsored by the National Air Transportation Association, Thursday, May 10, 2018, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm CDT, Thunderbird Aviation (FCM), Flying Cloud Airport, 14091 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55347. RSVP: 612-941-1212.

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Premier Jet Center Becomes Pilatus Service Center

Published in Midwest Flyer – December 2017/January 2018 issue EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Premier Jet Center (PJC), located at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) in Eden Prairie, Minn., has been designated an authorized Pilatus service center by KCAC Aviation, allowing it … Continue reading

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Premier Jet Center Appointed Cirrus Service Center

Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2017 issue EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Premier Jet Center has been designated an authorized service center by Cirrus Aircraft Corporation at its facilities at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) in Eden Prairie, Minn. The flight … Continue reading

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Thunderbird Aviation Named Cirrus Flight Training Center

Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2017 issue EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Thunderbird Aviation has entered into an agreement with Cirrus Aircraft to be an authorized Cirrus Aircraft Flight Training Center. Beginning June 1, 2017, Thunderbird will provide a 2017 … Continue reading

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Thunderbird Aviation Removes Original Terminal Building To Make Room For Expanded Ramp

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – In 2012 – 50 years since the company was founded in 1962 – Thunderbird Aviation invested $2 million in building a new 8,000 square foot facility at its Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) location in Eden Prairie, … Continue reading

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The 10th Annual Flying Cloud Air Tour

by Ben McQuillan EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – This year 25 airplanes from all over the Twin Cities descended upon Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, for the annual “Flying Cloud Air Tour,” September 14, 2013. It was the best-attended … Continue reading

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16-Year-Old Solos 10 Airplanes In A Single Day!

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Nathan “Nate” Bruss, 16, of Dayton, Minnesota, successfully soloed 10 airplanes on his 16th birthday, August 16, 2013, making him the only person in history known to have achieved such a feat in tricycle gear aircraft. … Continue reading

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