Congratulations to Andrew Kaczorek who completed his first solo flight in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk with Eagle Flyers on December 23, 2012 at Indianapolis Executive Airport.

Eagle Flyers flight school is a certified Cessna Pilot Center near Indianapolis offering flight training for sport, private, instrument, and commercial certifications.  Eagle Flyers has the region's most diverse aircraft rental fleet including a brand new Cessna 162 Skycatcher, several Cessna 172 Skyhawks, a Cessna 182 Skylane, a Cirrus SR20 and SR22, and a Beechcraft Bonanza for rent.  Eagle Flyers prides itself in employing experienced, top-notch instructors who share the same passion for flight instruction as their students do for learning.  

Learn more at http://www.montgomeryaviation.net/eagle-flyers.

Congratulations to Mark Shinkle who completed his first solo flight in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk with Eagle Flyers on January 7, 2013 at Indianapolis Executive Airport.

Eagle Flyers flight school is a certified Cessna Pilot Center near Indianapolis offering flight training for sport, private, instrument, and commercial certifications.  Eagle Flyers has the region's most diverse aircraft rental fleet including a brand new Cessna 162 Skycatcher, several Cessna 172 Skyhawks, a Cessna 182 Skylane, a Cirrus SR20 and SR22, and a Beechcraft Bonanza for rent.  Eagle Flyers prides itself in employing experienced, top-notch instructors who share the same passion for flight instruction as their students do for learning.  

Learn more at http://www.montgomeryaviation.net/eagle-flyers.

In early November, the Aviation Association of Indiana (AAI) announced its 2012 Indiana Airports' Economic Impact Study.  The study evaluated the economic impact of the 69 public use airports in Indiana that are part of the state's official State Aviation System Plan.

The study found that Indianapolis Executive Airport contributes over $430 million in annual economic output and creates and sustains nearly 2,400 jobs with a payroll of nearly $125 million annually in Hamilton and Boone counties.  In total, Indiana’s 69 public-use airports, as part of the State’s Aviation System Plan, contribute $14.1 billion in economic output and create and sustain more than 69,000 jobs in Indiana. 

You can read the report published by AAI, Conexus Indiana, and INDOT HERE.

You can also view the press release by Indianapolis Executive Airport HERE.

Numerous media reports have been done on the study and feature Dan and Andi Montgomery:

Zionsville Times Sentinel (partial article - full article only available in print edition)

Indianapolis Star (paid archive file)

Inside Indiana Business (video)

Congratulations to Dan Williams who completed his first solo flight in a Cessna Skylane with Eagle Flyers on December 13, 2012 at Indianapolis Executive Airport.

Aviation International News featured Montgomery Aviation as their FBO profile for the month of December.  This is a great honor and wonderful exposure for the FBO and the Montgomery's.  The article covers the long history of the airport and how Dan and Andi have dedicated their lives to the growth and success of the FBO and airport.  You can read below the entire article or click this link to go to AIN website: http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2012-12-02/fbo-profile-montgomery-aviation

FBO Profile: Montgomery Aviation

AVIATION INTERNATIONAL NEWS » DECEMBER 2012

by  CURT EPSTEIN

While the operators of some FBOs may feel as if they live at the airport, Dan and Andi Montgomery of Indianapolis Executive Airport’s (TYQ) Montgomery Aviation actually do. Dan, who has been at the northern Indianapolis airport (formerly known as Terry Field) since 1989, is currently the airport manager. He and his wife, Andi, also own and operate the lone aviation services provider on the field. The couple also manages the FBOs at two other Indiana locations: Frankfurt Municipal Airport and Grissom Airbase, a joint-use military-civil facility.

Dan had served at the airport as its maintenance provider, and in 2000 the couple offered to take over management of the ramshackle FBO run by the private airport’s owner as well. They moved their family onto the field and began to offer service whenever it was required. When they took over, there were 40 aircraft based at the airport, half of them gliders and the remainder a mix of flyable and un-flyable piston-engine airplanes. That first year, the couple sold 50,000 gallons of fuel. In 2001 the FBO welcomed its first based business jet, owned by someone who is still with them and now owns a Learjet 45XR and a helicopter.

Opportunities for Growth

In 2003, when the original owner of the airport retired, Hamilton County purchased and renamed the field. That same year Montgomery completed its first 18,000-sq-ft corporate hangar and office building, which quickly filled to capacity. The new structure allowed the FBO to vacate the old terminal, referred to as “the shack.” The number of based aircraft continued to climb, and three years later the Montgomerys added an 8,000-sq-ft terminal and another 18,000-sq-ft hangar as part of a nearly $2 million upgrade. They also added an 18,000-sq-ft canopy.

Today the nontower airport, which sees some 60,000 operations a year, is home to approximately 100 aircraft, including 22 business jets, a GIII among them, and the Avfuel-branded location will pump more than 700,000 gallons of fuel this year, according to Andi Montgomery. The FBO occupies a footprint of eight acres and can accommodate aircraft the size of a Boeing BBJ. The location also offers a flight school and a Part 145 maintenance station that can handle engine changes and Phase I to IV inspections on Cessna Citations. The business is also half owner of charter provider SolutionsAir, which operates a Citation I as well as a pair of King Airs and a Pilatus PC-12.

The FBO’s fuel farm can store 24,000 gallons of jet-A dispensed from either a 5,000-gallon tanker or a renovated military truck that can hold 8,000 gallons. For avgas the location offers a self-fueling option or the services of a 4,000-gallon tanker.

The FBO is open generally from 5:30 a.m. until 9 p.m., but having its operators living on the airport provides benefits for customers. “We post those hours, but I tell people just tell me when you are coming and we’ll be there,” Andi Montgomery told AIN. Among the amenities offered are free Wi-Fi throughout the terminal, crew cars, WSI weather and a computer-equipped pilot lounge/snooze room with showers. The FBO also has two conference rooms that can seat 12 and eight people respectively, and onsite car rental.

The Montgomerys believe in community involvement and the need to show the best face of general aviation to the neighborhood. To that end, the company has provided its light- and sound-equipped canopy as the venue for many local events, including an annual Downs Syndrome Indiana fundraiser, aero club dinners and concerts. Once a year, a local church even celebrates Mass under the shelter, followed by a pot-luck picnic. Around Halloween, part of one of the FBO’s hangars hosts a safe “trick or treating” party for local children, who are treated to such fun and games as a candy drop and taxiway rides on the FBO’s World War II-vintage truck. Andi Montgomery sees exposing guests to aviation as a side benefit: “Those kids come in and play in half the hangar, but they are looking at the jets and the helicopter.”

During last year’s Super Bowl, the facility found itself swamped with more than 60 business jets and the Montgomerys were forced to turn away business, including one well known pilot/actor. When one potential customer was told beforehand that there was no more parking space for a large jet, the customer said he would fly his King Air to the game instead. The location scrambled for equipment such as chocks to accommodate the surge, and more than 100 volunteers turned out to help. Local restaurants were on hand greeting arriving guests with appetizers, as others steered them to the Super Bowl desk and then out to the 100 rental cars and 30 limousines at the terminal’s front entrance. On Super Bowl Sunday Indianapolis Executive was the second busiest airport behind Indianapolis International. That day Montgomery Aviation recorded 92 operations, including 30 jets that landed, unloaded their passengers and returned later to pick them up after the game. A bonus, according to Montgomery, was the evening temperature, which dipped just low enough for all those parked aircraft to require de-icing before departure.

The new Cessna 162 Skycatcher N6055Z, has arrived at Eagle Flyers Flight Club at Indianapolis Executive Airport in Zionsville, IN.  This is the second Skycatcher to join the Eagle Flyers fleet making Eagle Flyers the only club in the region with two Skycatchers available.  What makes this even more exciting is the fact that several flight students have joined Eagle Flyers as partners in ownership.  These students have seen the value that learning to fly can bring to their business and personal lives, and thus have purchased shares in Eagle Flyers I, the company that owns several of the aircraft available in the Eagle Flyers fleet.  A group of students and owners traveled earlier this week to the Cessna Factory in Independence, Kansas to pick up the Skycatcher and had the opportunity to get a tour of the factory where the Skycatcher, Skyhawk, Skylane, Stationair, and Citation Mustang are all produced.  It was a great time, a great tour, and an exciting adventure for some of our students who became owners.  We will be sharing some of their stories individually over the coming days.  Check out some pictures from the trip below:

 
Carl Winkler pilots his Piper Comanche with new Eagle Flyers owners Charlie Hunter and Kent Ward

Bobby and Pat pilot a Cessna 310 en route to Independence, KS with Maxwell Tyler, David Conway, and Sean White onboard

Arrival at the Cessna Factory in Independence, KS

Maxwell Tyler inspects his new Cessna 162 Skycatcher

Carl Winkler, Charlie Hunter, and Maxwell Tyler at the Cessna Factory - Timeline of Cessna history behind them

Kent Ward in his new Cessna 162 Skycatcher - the newest addition to the Eagle Flyers fleet\

Maxwell Tyler in the new Skycatcher

Dave Conway and Maxwell Tyler get ready to takeoff for Indy Exec from Independence, KS - they make the trip over two days to make the 5 hour trip a little easier.

Eagle Flyers flight school is a certified Cessna Pilot Center near Indianapolis offering flight training for sport, private, instrument, and commercial certifications.  Eagle Flyers has the region's most diverse aircraft rental fleet including two new Cessna 162 Skycatchers, several Cessna 172 Skyhawks, a Cessna 182 Skylane, a Cirrus SR20 and SR22, and a Beechcraft Bonanza for rent.  Eagle Flyers prides itself in employing experienced, top-notch instructors who share the same passion for flight instruction as their students do for learning.  

Montgomery Aviation's own, Andi Montgomery sits down for an interview with Inside Indiana Business' Gerry Dick.  She discusses the important economic impact of Indiana's airports around the state.   See the link below and find her interview which is titled, "Airports Boost Economy, Air Fares Continue to Rise."  

http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/video.asp

Congratulations to Temel Tirkes who completed his first solo flight in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk with Eagle Flyers on November 7, 2012 at Indianapolis Executive Airport.

Eagle Flyers flight school is a certified Cessna Pilot Center near Indianapolis offering flight training for sport, private, instrument, and commercial certifications.  Eagle Flyers has the region's most diverse aircraft rental fleet including a brand new Cessna 162 Skycatcher, several Cessna 172 Skyhawks, a Cessna 182 Skylane, a Cirrus SR20 and SR22, and a Beechcraft Bonanza for rent.  Eagle Flyers prides itself in employing experienced, top-notch instructors who share the same passion for flight instruction as their students do for learning.  

Learn more at http://www.montgomeryaviation.net/eagle-flyers.

Montgomery Aviation hosted the 4th Annual Safe Trick-or-Treat at Indy Exec and it was a whole lot of fun for the whole family!  Activities included; a haunted house bouncy house, bowling, fishing for candy, target bean bag toss, pin the nose on the pumpkin, an aircraft candy drop and much, much more!  The 100+ kids costumes were all so unique and creative and some adults got into the fun, Halloween spirit too!  Even the dogs came out with their best costumes on ranging from pumpkins, pigs and cows and even an airplane!  Here are some pictures from the spooky fun night and a big thanks to Kaleena White for taking these great photos!

Spooky bouncy house!  This was a very popular activity!

Lauren handing out the loads of candy to the kids

View from above!

Andi Montgomery on candy duty and looking fabulous as a 1920's flapper girl!

Lily the Dino helping the kids play the pumpkin bean bag toss

Dan as a Pirate.  Nice earring Dan!

Mack, the other airport dog dressed appropriately as a plane!

Little monkey waiting on the aircraft candy drop.  It was a beautiful evening!

Here they come, get ready!!

737 Sunset...thanks again Kaleena!