David Bernacki submitted this photo and note: “My observer Willam Ballard caught a beautiful image of a single pop-up thunderstorm […]
Air show Italian Style
The California Capital Airshow is usually held in the fall, but organizers shifted the date in 2024 to bring the […]
Former CFI charged with manslaughter
A Pennsylvania man who allegedly gave flight instruction 41 times without a valid pilot or instructor certificate was charged with […]
Picture of the Day: D-Day drop
Jim Jazdzewski submitted this photo and note: “The C47 Skytrain ‘Wild Kat’ performs a World War II D-Day airborne drop […]
Sustaining general aviation
All the data I’ve found seems to point to a General Aviation inventory just over 200,000. And it has been […]
‘The passion is the easy part’
Rachel Skirvin says you need three things to be a pilot: “time, money, and passion.” The 2024 AOPA Foundation scholarship […]
Training and Safety Tip: Brief like you mean business
I’ve heard it all before, but I do my best to feign attention, make eye contact, and show interest. Source: […]
Picture of the Day: Oshkosh night glow
Gary Moore submitted this photo and note: “With a full moon overlooking the Vintage Aircraft campground, our polished 1946 Globe […]
Effort will be required
Over the course of my career as a flight instructor and aviation advocate, I can’t even count the number of […]
Aircraft Maintenance: uAvionix responds to ‘wet compass challenge'
In a recent article, I tackled the question of why we are still using wet compasses in the age of […]