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One group says the FAA is seriously overstating the nature of the problem

With little fanfare the FAA announced earlier this week that it was going to give owners of airplanes in need of ADS-B gear a $500 incentive to equip. The plan has been widely praised by aviation organizations from AEA to the ZBAA, and those organizations are encouraging everyone to spring into action and be one […]

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is celebrating its 40th anniversary on July 1. It’s not too late to be a part of the festivities and explore this amazing collection of aviation history.

Aspiring pilots can complete sport pilot training in just three weeks as part of this unique learning environment in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The EAA Pilot Proficiency Center will fly you into a cloud and save your flight there, too

Aviation lessons, the hard way, from my father Much of what I know about flying and about airplanes comes from a small number of people I’ve worked with over the past 25 years. Some were mentors, some were friends and colleagues, and some were heroes. By far, the most important of all was my father, […]

More and more flight training organizations are utilizing simulators as part of their upset recovery curriculum.

The Light Sport Aircraft took its first flight from the airfield in Pasewalk, Germany, as the company prepares the plane for European certification. Will U.S. LSA certification be far behind?

The Recreational Aviation Foundation is hard at work opening up dormant airstrips, like this beauty on an uninhabited island in Lake Michigan.

Without pilots, there would be no aviation (as we know it and like it, anyways). But what do you really know about these special aviation creatures? Here are 50 Facts about fly-boys and fly-girls that you probably didn’t know.