Michael Bremner is calling on fellow general aviation pilots to help him raise awareness of elder abuse, including financial crimes, and he plans to resume circling the famous piers in Santa Monica ...
Joby Aviation Inc. has claimed a new milestone in aviation history after completing a fully autonomous transcontinental flight across the United States. The flight utilized a retrofitted Cessna 208 ...
AOPA members approved new bylaws unanimously at a special meeting, representing the most significant update to the ...
Ask a new pilot what scares them most and the majority will say the radio—they worry about saying the wrong thing, interrupting someone, or sounding like a beginner. Digital Media Content Producer ...
Call it Bonanza-ish. The Beechcraft QU–22B Pave Eagle is an amalgam of Beechcraft designs with the fuselage of a Bonanza, and the wings and landing gear of a Baron. Senior Director of Publications ...
Backcountry Flying Experience in Kalispell, Montana, is one part of a trio of unique operators offering seaplane training in a place few people readily associate with float flying—the Rocky Mountain ...
A stunning omission from this definition is guidance on what that constant airspeed should be. Spinning an airplane straight down and crashing onto the 1,000-foot markers features a constant ...
If your radio ever fails, remember there are other ways to communicate your intentions.
The National Aviation Hall of Fame will present former AOPA President Mark Baker, and former AOPA Foundation President and Air Safety Institute Executive Director Bruce Landsberg, for their "profound ...
Terri-Jo Mayeur was a Boeing 747 captain for UPS for 35 years. Now retired, she flies a Piper Super Cub across Alaska, often with two particular passengers: Icelandic sheepdogs Cub and Scrappy.
The theory that two airplanes can be built with only slightly more effort than one has an inescapable logic to it. After all, the lion’s share of the time in any scratch-built airplane is spent in ...
Agricultural pilots memorize fields as well as obstacles, study wind direction, track towers, and plan escape routes before descending at crop level onto fields. Increasing drone activities add new ...