This One‘s For The Girls
This year’s Girls in Aviation Day provided great opportunities for young women to explore aviation careers
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Going Direct: Business Is Personal
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention in Las Vegas is fast approaching—“fast” being the operative term in all things related to the activity. While business aviation has been dominated by turbine-powered equipment for decades now, that wasn’t always the case. The first business aircraft, dating back more than 70 years now, were piston-powered personal […]
GA Relief Flights Head For Puerto Rico
Volunteer groups are pitching in to take much needed supplies to the island
Taxicab Drones Begin Service! Kind Of, Okay, Not Really
Volocopter’s trumpeted launch of passenger carrying service featured no passengers. Here’s what’s really happening, and FYI, it’s still really cool
Flying Musicians Association Scholarship Winner Solos
FMA offers opportunities for students with a passion for music and aviation
Boeing Sponsored $2 Million Jet Pack Design Contest?
New competition offers big prizes for advancements in personal flight technology
Two Weeks To Go: Santa Monica Runway Shortening
The City of Santa Monica is wasting no time moving forward with its plans for SMO
Going Direct: Black Hawk Shreds Drone: Why Should We Care?
The collision between a United States Army Blackhawk UH-60 and a civilian drone over Staten Island, New York, last week was the first instance of a civilian drone hitting an aircraft operating in the National Airspace System. The Black Hawk reportedly suffered a small dent in the left side of its fuselage and a dented […]
Then And Now: Spiral Instability
Technology and training have changed in the last 50 years, thank goodness
