FLYING Staff

On Saturday, September 23, organizations and pilots around the world will celebrate Girls in Aviation Day to promote “the passion, exploration, learning, and excitement of aviation and aerospace.” The timing is obviously perfect, as Miss Vermont Erica Connor stole the spotlight at Miss America by flying her own airplane to Atlantic City, and Shaesta Waiz […]

If you’re unfamiliar with the YouTube aviation star known as Flight Chops, you have a lot of homework to do. Fortunately, we’re such big fans of pilot Steve Thorne’s work (and chops) that we’re proud to be sharing some of his greatest hits on our website, so you won’t have to go far to catch […]

The pilot shortage we’ve all been told would materialize any day? It’s finally a reality. Don’t believe it? Just look at Horizon Air, which canceled hundreds of flights this summer because it couldn’t find qualified pilots to fly its Q400 turboprops. Or SkyWest, whose CEO recently warned Congress not of a looming pilot shortage but […]

We’re just a month away from the New York area’s highly anticipated Wings & Wheels Expo 2017, which will be held September 23 and 24 at Essex County Airport in New Jersey and feature a full lineup of aircraft and classic cars to satisfy the curiosity of gearheads of all ages. Presented by the Aviation […]

Hot off the success of the very well-received Vision Jet, Cirrus Aircraft is expanding all aspects of its business. As Pat Widdick, President of Innovation and Operations at Cirrus, explained to Rod McDermott for the latest installment of our Jobs in Aviation series, this is a very big time for the company, and that’s good […]

“Phoenix East is all about passion, because it’s people following their dreams,” president and CEO John Bingham says of his flight school, located in Daytona Beach, Florida. From cabin crew members who “get fed up turning right” when they get on a plane, to people simply looking to scratch the aviation itch and start fresh, […]

If you were there in person, you already know: AirVenture 2017 was a big success. If you missed this year’s excitement in Oshkosh, let the numbers tell you everything you need to know. More than half a million people attended, making this the biggest AirVenture ever, and those guests were treated to more than 10,000 […]

The moment word of Charles Lindbergh’s successful solo Atlantic crossing reached America on May 21, 1927, Chicago advertising executive William B. Ziff Sr. had an idea. To capitalize on the frenzy of the milestone event he would create an aviation magazine aimed at regular people who he was certain would now be motivated to learn […]

While FAA administrator Michael Huerta certainly had a full plate at EAA AirVenture 2017 in Oshkosh, he was more than willing to take a moment to discuss the future of aviation for our Jobs in Aviation series. The FAA employs approximately 47,000 people, including engineers and technicians, but like other companies, the FAA is also […]

According to Tamarack Aerospace president Justin Ryan, his company’s current plan is to double the size of its work force in response to the growing number of projects Tamarack has lined up. “Mostly we’re looking for engineers,” Ryan told McDermott & Bull’s Rod McDermott for the latest installment of our Jobs in Aviation series from […]