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AOPA Announces 2015 Flight Training Award Recipients

Posted on December 3, 2015 by mwflyer

FREDERICK, MD – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has selected its fourth annual Flight Training Excellence Award recipients including top flight schools and flight instructors ranked by more than 7,100 flight students in AOPA’s Flight Training Excellence Poll.

Among the recipients was Blue Skies Flying Services & Pilot Shop at Chicago/Lake In The Hills Airport in Illinois, which received the Outstanding Flight Schools Award.

Jim Ader (Chicago/Waukegan, Illinois) and Jim Fellers (Chicago/Lake In The Hills, Illinois) received Outstanding Flight Instructor Awards (www.aopa.org).

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