By Jack Gillum, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Aug. 3--Recent years have been good to many flight-training schools in the United States, including the National Pilot Academy, as airlines and other businesses hired pilots.

By JACK GILLUM One facility reduced training flights, they say; another folded About 9,000 miles separated Manoj Rajput from a pilot's license and a shot at leaving behind his parents' electronics store in India.

By Tony Natale, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Feb. 8--An unidentified aviation company has expressed interest in leasing a 5,000-square foot office in the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport administration building, space that was suddenly abandoned by a private helicopter training school this week.

By DAVID HUNT A beleaguered helicopter flight school has ceased operations after petitioning for bankruptcy. Silver State Helicopters' decision late Sunday closed schools throughout the nation, including the training center at Craig Municipal Airport.

By David Wethe, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Feb. 7--About 100 pilots in training at Fort Worth Meacham Airport and another roughly 2,600 students across the country are left to ponder their futures and deal with mountains of debt after the world's largest helicopter school shut down this week.