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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.

Researchers are looking toward the animal and plant kingdoms, and coming up with ingenious ways to stop airframe icing

The story of a startup airplane maker is an arc. Here’s what ICON’s might mean. The one name that everyone says when they talk about ICON Aircraft and its controversial A5 LSA amphibian program and that no one ever puts in print is this: “Eclipse.” Unless you’ve been lost in the Amazon for the past […]

Just released by the FAA, Oshkosh air traffic procedures are required reading for all pilots flying to AirVenture

Flying above the big rocks need not be terrifying

One of the most rewarding things about flying our own airplanes is just how far it takes us from the world of political nonsense here and abroad. The fact that in most places we can walk out to our airplanes and just go flying is especially sweet to those of us who also get stuck […]

It’s been a crazy few weeks for the Plane & Pilot team, with travels to far-flung places where lots of cool things are happening, with even more good news coming by way of…get ready for it!Washington, D.C.!So to naysayers everywhere, here are 10 cool things happening in aviation—right now!

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane announced the winner of the fourth annual design challenge. Which high school group is on their way to Washington? Weyauwega-Fremont High School in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, is the winner of the design challenge, which was created to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) knowledge among […]

Imagine wingsuit racing through a mile-long aerial slalom course at 8,000 feet! Red Bull Aces delivers this thrilling, first-of-its-kind competition to FS1. The world’s first-ever wingsuit slalom competition will feature athletes racing four at a time through a mile-long aerial course; the race will air Saturday, May 14, at 8 pm PT/11 pm ET. Held […]