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How sharing real-world experiences in the cockpit can engage student pilots

After decades of thinking about flight, in late June 2003, I finally took my first lesson. It was a great move that has gone on to take my family and me to places I expected and places I never dreamed of. The timing, though, could hardly have turned out worse. My career, which had always […]

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More PT6 power for improved takeoff, climb and cruise

Cessna 180 Skywagon 1 Fatal The private pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight in instrument meteorological conditions. The airplane wasn’t certificated for flight into icing. A review of radar data and radio communications recordings revealed that, after an air traffic controller issued the pilot a descent from 10,000 to 8,000 ft. msl, the pilot […]

What it means to me, and to all pilots

Here’s what the announcement most probably means.

Four of the world’s largest civil aviation authorities are working together to streamline certification and regulatory processes

A Billings, Montana, teenager earns first place in a nationwide competition sponsored by the Air Race Classic

KPRC hosts the regional fly-in, September 30’€“October 1, for a weekend of flying fun