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It looks and sounds good, but what do the numbers really mean. Earlier this week, the AOPA Air Safety Institute released its Joseph T. Nall Report, which details the safety picture of the most recent year for which there is complete data. This year it was 2104, and the news is good. Accidents were down […]

The activity at small and not-so-small airports in the zone of totality surpassed all expectations, as did the event itself

Earlier this year when the FAA adopted the BasicMed path to FAA medication certification, we were skeptical that this mixed bag approach to what we’d expected to be a “drivers license medical” would do much. We were wrong. It’s been a real success in its own way. According to the FAA, more than 15,000 pilots […]

Blackhawk Modifications celebrated Eclipse Day on Monday with the announcement that it had earned FAA STC approval for its modification package that puts new, more powerful Pratt & Whitney PT6-67A turboprop engines on existing King Air 350s. Blackhawk president Jim Allmon said the certification process included 172 flight hours over the course of 132 flights, […]

The Great Aviation Eclipse Event promises no sun but lots of fun. What will the aviation experience be like? How to stay safe.

The organization, in partnership with the FAA, has begun investigating increased misuse of 121.5 MHz

The flyable Morane-Saulnier replica originally came to OSH just for a visit

When you get familiar with something important to you, it’s easy to forget its substance and focus on its form. That’s true with brands like ours, Plane & Pilot. It’s probably not something you think about beyond the fact that it’s a name you know and hopefully trust and maybe even love. I know that’s […]

It’s not really a car, but an aircraft that will do what cars do’€¦huh?

The Saturday accident left two Virginia State Police Officers dead