Push to Talk for Pilots

05/10/2026

🎉 THE WINNER HAS BEEN PICKED! ✈️🎧

The KORE KA-1 Headset Giveaway is officially wrapped up, and the winner reveal goes live tonight at 9:00 PM Eastern.

I recorded the actual random selection so you can see exactly how the winner was chosen.

📺 Watch here tonight at 9 PM ET:
https://youtu.be/3gDGgu4KiWo

A huge thank you to everyone who entered, tagged friends, shared the giveaway, and supported The Thrifty Pilot.

And of course, thank you to KORE Aviation for making this giveaway possible.

No spoilers yet. You’ll have to watch the reveal. 👀✈️

🎉 The KORE KA-1 Headset Giveaway winner has officially been selecte...

27/08/2026

✈️ **New Thrifty Pilot review drops tomorrow at 7 PM ET!** 🎧

KORE Aviation sent me their KA-1 aviation headset to review, and I wanted to do more than just sit at a desk and talk about specs.

So I took it to the airplane and actually put it to work.

✅ Unboxing and first impressions
✅ Real-world cockpit test
✅ Comfort, audio, noise reduction and build quality
✅ The official **Thrifty Pilot Score**

And there’s one more thing...

🎁 **I’m giving the headset away to one of you.**

The full review goes live **tomorrow, August 27 at 7 PM ET.**

The question I wanted to answer:

**Do you really need to spend $1,000+ to get a good aviation headset?**

We’ll find out tomorrow.

09/06/2026

✈️ Chesterfield Pilots Association 6th Annual Poker Run ✈️
Saturday, June 13, 2026

Join us for a fun flying event, great community, lunch, prizes, and a little friendly competition in the sky.

This year’s Poker Run ends at KFCI - Richmond Executive Airport, with lunch and prizes at Kings Korner Restaurant in the KFCI terminal at 12:00 PM.

Pilots and passengers are invited to participate. Each person plays their own poker hand, so bring a passenger and double the fun.

Poker cards can be picked up at:

* KFVX - Farmville Regional Airport
* W31 - Lunenburg County Airport
* WBKT - Allen C Perkinson Blackstone Airport
* KPTB - Dinwiddie County Airport
* KFCI - Richmond Executive Airport, where your final 2 cards will be picked up

Suggested route:
KFCI → KFVX → W31 → WBKT → KPTB → KFCI

The route is designed to help minimize opposite direction traffic, with short legs ranging from 13 NM to 44 NM. Estimated trip time for all 5 stops is about 3 hours, with a suggested wheels-up time of 8:30 AM.

To be eligible to win, participants need to land at least 3 airports and present 3 different airport cards, plus 2 cards from KFCI. Best 5 out of 6 cards will be played, and yes, 5 of a kind is possible and beats a royal flush.

Prizes include:

🏆 Top 2 poker hand prizes
🎟️ Raffle prizes
🎁 Lots of door prizes

The Aviators Honor System will be in effect. Please do not open any envelopes until check-in and tally at Kings Korner.

Come fly, have lunch, meet other local aviators, and support a great aviation community event.

To sign up or ask questions, contact:
Jim Longstreth
[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
804-852-7567

We hope to see you in the air and at KFCI!

13/12/2025

Chicka chicken boom!

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22/07/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Piper Aircraft Awarded its Largest Domestic Trainer Order in Company History from The University of North Dakota!

We’re honored to announce a record-setting agreement with UND Aerospace for up to 188 Piper aircraft, solidifying nearly 40 years of partnership.

We’re excited to support the pilots of tomorrow in their biggest fleet upgrade yet!

Read more at the link in bio!

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10/07/2025