Now a flying school in Arizona does American School of Aviation act

Hi Guys
Thank you for putting up your experience. I am of the opinion that most of the flying schools are scams and an awareness should be created among interested individuals. I am in a similar predicament as you guys. I joined a flying school in Arizona in June and had to withdraw from the school [...]

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We may have made our mistakes along the way, but we are also humans with a limited capacity… and ASA was a business!

At least we do not deserve to be stoned all the way. Our main goal was the quality of training, we may have made our mistakes along the way, but we are also humans with a limited capacity… and ASA was a business, a successful business for 6 years in a row. but if the [...]

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Prince & Reny succeeded in selling 18 of the 30 aircrafts in last two days!

My observation from the sideline:
18 ASA Aircraft just changed hands in last two days.
FAA records indicate 13 ASA aircraft changed hands on August 04 2008 and 5 additional ASA aircraft changed hands on August 05, 2008.
While the students and other creditor’s lawyers are trying to secure the assets of ASA, Prince and Reny are [...]

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N1482M Cessna-172/A was flying this evening again.

My view from the sideline:
N1482M Cessna-172/A was flying this evening again. Is that you Prince? ……Didn’t think so.

(incidentally this is the only ASA aircraft that seems to be properly registered as Foreign Corporation on its registration certificate. For more details about the ASA aircraft registration, read my recent thread under the heading Splitting hairs [...]

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Splitting hairs on the ASA aircraft registration

My view from the sideline:
Synopsis:
American School of Aviation, Inc. is a California corporation with its president and other corporate officer(s) are not U.S. citizen.
Title 14 CFR Part 47 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) governs the requirement related to the civil aircraft registration in the US
Part 47.3 stipulates Registration required.
Part 47.5 defines Applicants.
Part 47.7 defines [...]

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Only chance of recovery of the student’s fees from ASA is……………….

Hello ASA students,
First off, I’d like to express my sincere sympathy for those students stranded by the recent ASA fiasco and wish you all the early arrival of meaningful assistance to alleviate the current enduring hardship. I have no personal stake in this ordeal and neither lost nor gained anything from this occurrence. Nevertheless I [...]

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American School of Aviation — Story from the other side.

Living in US? Call India as low as 4 cent per minute with Airtel

One of the ex-student has reacted sharply on the one track media reports and comments from various individuals and stranded students of American School of Aviation. Vishwas Gaikwad’s comments cannot be ignored so we’ve decided to put his side of story in [...]

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