According to Women in Aviation International (WAI), data from the FAA’s Aeronautical Center for December 31, 2019, showed 664,565 pilots, of which 52,740 were female—or 7.9 percent of the total pilot population in the United States. That is up from the 5.69 percent of pilots that were women in 2000, and with a little more […]
The people of Bombardier pride themselves in offering some of the best jets you can buy in their respective categories, and as the company announces that its new Learjet Liberty 75 has entered service, it adds a competitive-priced model the light jet category. The newest addition to Bombardier’s diverse business jet portfolio recently saw the […]
In 1928, Charles Lindbergh personally selected Port Columbus Airport in Columbus, Ohio, as the eastern terminus of Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT), one of America’s first commercial airlines and the first to offer coast-to-coast service. In July 1929, a beautiful art deco and modern (for the era) terminal was opened to the public at what is today known […]
When a highly-modified Piper Malibu Mirage broke ground in Cranfield, England, last week for a lap around the pattern and return for landing, from the ground it appeared to be a typical flight. What was notable about this short circuit around the airport was that the airplane was powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, which […]
As if 2020 had not dealt the United States enough grief so far this year, a disastrous late summer wildfire season on the West Coast in California, Oregon, and Washington has scorched millions of acres and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. Heroic ground crews are working numerous fires right now, saving structures and lives. […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic grinds on and more pilots are flying fewer hours, it is more important than ever to stay focused on safety. When the workload of flying single-pilot crashes head-on into the stresses of our personal lives, it is sometimes easy to push aviation safety away from top-of-the-mind. However, it is then that […]
One hundred years ago today, on September 8, 1920, airmail pilot Randolph Page set off from Long Island to fly the first of 15 legs of the first US Airmail service transcontinental relay flight. Flying by the seat of their pants, with only visual references as their guide, a series of airmail pilots transferred mail […]
After flying the first US flight for the Pipistrel Panthera on August 25, 2020, Right Rudder Aviation (RRA) in Inverness, Florida, announced recently that they are now the exclusive dealer for Pipistrel’s slick new composite four-seat airplane in North, Central, and South America. Also included in that announcement was a new flight training package available […]
When renewable fuel production begins in early 2024 at the renewed Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, California, near San Francisco, it will be impossible to find a drop of crude oil, or conventional gasoline or diesel products at the site. Instead, raw materials such as used cooking oil, fats, greases, and soybean oils will be […]
A recent report from The Washington Economics Group has named Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) a “Top Contributor” to economic activity in Volusia County, Florida, and Yavapai County, Arizona. Overall, ERAU contributions to local economies from its approximately 125 Embry-Riddle Worldwide campuses have surpassed $2.3 billion for the fiscal year 2019–up 44 percent since 2016, with […]
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