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For Immediate Release: Executive Flight Institute hosts "Extreme Excursion"

On October 11-12, the folks from Executive Flight Institute in French Valley California (F70) set out on an adventure that will not soon be forgotten by those in attendance. The flight school sponsored and hosted their first airplane camping trip up to the Kern Valley Airport (L05) near the southern portion of the Sierra Mountains called the "Xtreme Xcursion."

Ben Strader, founder of the "EFI" flight school, a Cessna Pilot Center, said, "The original idea was to do something interesting for a team building exercise and create a meaningful learning experience for student pilots and those pilots with lower experience."

That goal was certainly accomplished, considering that the flight school was able to generate enough interest to have 10 aircraft and 22 people along on the trip!

The flight school held a free ground course on the night of October 6, consisting of specific information about the moderately challenging approach required for Kern Valley Airport, as well as some scenario based training on subjects such as weight and balance, density altitude, and aircraft performance, with heavy emphasis on safe flight planning and how to research these factors before making any flight.

Each attendee was then paired up with an experienced pilot or flight instructor to act as a mentor on the nearly four-hour round trip weekend!

"We are so overwhelmed by the level of support we saw from our local pilots and our students that not only are we planning another trip for next year, but we are already working on several other interactive events for folks to come out and join the flight school in some educational fun," said Strader.

"We can't wait to watch this whole thing grow even bigger as the word gets out about how much everyone enjoyed their trip with a tent in their airplane!"