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Former CEO encourages members to enact change.

Drive through the Alaska landscape to the legendary STOL competition proves to be stunningly beautiful.

Aspiring congresswoman and pilot explains why focused policy is crucial for the future of flying.

Partnership with CCBC allows students in AOPA’s high school STEM curriculum to earn college credits.

CEO urges FAA to use ADS-B data for original safety purposes.

Findings show less than one death for every 100,000 hours flown.

The history of general aviation will be on public display overhead in Washington, D.C., on May 11 as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) hosts a “parade of airplanes” over the National Mall. In 1939, Franklin Roosevelt was the first sitting president to recognize GA, according to AOPA president Mark Baker. This year also […]

Over the weekend, the Michigan Aviation Safety Forum (MASF) gathered pilots and mechanics to provide proficiency and safety seminars. The MASF is a yearly collaboration between industry stakeholders, aviators, mechanics, and FAA staff to provide safety forums and mechanic (IA) recurrency training seminars that help maintain currency for technicians who keep aircraft legally and safely […]

The leader plans to stay with the association for up to two years while they track down his replacement.

Richard McSpadden, the senior vice president of the AOPA Air Safety Institute, died, along with one other person, in the crash of a Cessna 177RG near Lake Placid Airport in upstate New York Sunday, October 1. McSpadden was in the right seat. Russ Francis, a former NFL tight end and the new owner of Lake […]