Pia Bergqvist

While wildfires are far from a desired phenomenon, at times they produce a stunning spectacle. Rare clouds, named pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCB), were recently spotted in the eastern part of Washington state as a result of the Williams Flats fire, which was ignited by a thunderstorm on August 2, as reported by NASA’s Earth Observatory. NASA recorded […]

The NTSB has released information that brings some light to the accident that likely induced a lot more adrenaline than race car driving does to 44-year-old professional driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., the son of the legendary NASCAR Hall of Fame competitor Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Earnhardt and his family, who were taking a quick 20-minute hop […]

Women comprise less than ten percent of the total pilot population in the United States (according to statistics from Women in Aviation). In the military, the representation of female aviators is even lower, and women were prohibited from flying in combat until the early 1990s. As a result, it is a big deal when a […]

On a beautiful spring morning in Greensboro, North Carolina, it was with great familiarity and joy that I stepped into the exquisite cabin of a deep red HondaJet with company pilot Stefan Johansson, senior manager of flight operations. As I slid into the soft leather seat on the left side of the cockpit, my first […]

By now you might be growing tired of talk of the upcoming ADS-B mandate. While avionics producers and installers likely are more welcoming of the regulation because it has spurred business for them, it’s becoming a source of stress for aircraft owners and operators who have not already found a good solution. Sevan Gerard and […]

In 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed in the Buffalo, New York, metropolitan area, killing all 49 passengers and crewmembers on board and one person inside the house into which the Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 crashed. The extensive post-crash investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board found that the pilots were completely at fault. The captain […]

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Right in time for the busy summer flying season, after several months of work on the surface of Runway 04-22 at Catalina Island’s Airport in the Sky (KAVX), also called ACE Clearwater Airfield, pilots can finally pop over for the immensely popular Buffalo burgers at the mountaintop airport’s restaurant – the DC-3 Gifts & Grill […]

With the growing pilot shortage looming as major airlines face the retirement of thousands of pilots each year, new flight training academies are being introduced to meet the needs. Based at the Zamperini Field Airport in Torrance, California, the Sling Pilot Academy is an affordable solution for pilot candidates ready to earn the required ratings […]

Turbine conversion company Blackhawk Modifications is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a bang. The company is doubling the size of its facility at the Waco Regional Airport (KACT) in Waco, Texas, adding hangar and office space. As part of the physical expansion, the company is gathering four groups under an umbrella company named […]