I date myself when I tell you that I started my flying career with paper charts. True story: I spent almost two decades using paper charts before one of my instructors dragged me kicking and screaming ...

It may not look like it, but the AOPA Sweepstakes Aviat Husky is nearly ready to fly again. And when it does, it will have been repaired with all new parts—your prize Husky will be in “as new” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are debating a bill to relieve pressure on general aviation airports across the state by providing $32.5 million in funding to add hangars and fix infrastructure. Director of ...

If your radio ever fails, remember there are other ways to communicate your intentions.

On a wintry night in 1993, David Wartofsky departed Maryland’s Potomac Airfield (now inside the Washington, D.C., Special Flight Rules Area), flying under instrument flight rules in instrument ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...