Pia Bergqvist

The Parade of Planes will once again proceed through the streets of Palm Springs, California, from the Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) to the Palm Springs Convention Center as AOPA opens the doors to its annual Aviation Summit this week. The parade will proceed on Wednesday morning beginning at 10 a.m. and the convention runs […]

AOPA Air Safety Institute’s 22nd Joseph T. Nall Report, General Aviation Accidents in 2010, is hot off the presses and it shows a promising trend in some areas of general aviation safety. Despite a slight increase in the number of GA operations, the number of accidents dropped in 2010 as compared with 2009. All segments […]

AOPA today launched a new initiative called the Center to Advance the Pilot Community, a program we brought to light a few weeks ago. Despite its name, this is not a new physical center but rather a new branch at the organization’s headquarters in Frederick, Maryland, that aims to halt the decline in the pilot […]

LightSquared is not giving up its battle to launch its wireless satellite network despite a pending bankruptcy, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The company wants to launch the network using its 5 MHz of spectrum, which LightSquared claims hasn’t caused the GPS interference that led the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prevent the […]

The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) has partnered with AOPA to provide flight training at the annual AOPA Aviation Summit, which kicks off next week in Palm Springs, California. SAFE’s Pilot Proficiency Program, which was first offered at EAA AirVenture this summer, offers free flight training using Redbird’s FMX flight simulator, a full-motion […]

When you’re flying along a flight plan using your autopilot with the nav source engaged, you may think the heading bug is insignificant since it is not in use by the autopilot. But while the heading bug may not be active, it is worth keeping it centered as you fly along. With the heading bug […]

Eclipse Aerospace announced this week that it has completed the testing phase for a new anti-skid braking system (ABS) for the Eclipse 550 twin-engine very light jet (VLJ). The ABS will be optional, and can also be retrofitted to existing Eclipse jets, including Eclipse 500 airplanes with the Avio integrated flight management system (IFMS), according […]

This week, I had an opportunity to learn more about upset recovery training at APS Emergency Maneuvers Training at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in the southeastern edge of Mesa, Arizona. With temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit outside, it was nice to step into the air-conditioned CAE full motion Level D ERJ 145 simulator at the […]

Midday on Friday, the space shuttle Endeavour landed atop NASA 905, a Boeing 747, at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after an extensive tour of California. The shuttle ferry flight departed Edwards Air Force Base and flew to San Francisco, where it buzzed the Golden Gate Bridge before heading down the coast to Los […]

The NTSB has released the preliminary report on the Cirrus SR22 crash we reported on last week in which five people lost their lives in southwest Missouri. The report states that the Cirrus SR22 crashed near Willard, Missouri, at 00:23 central daylight time on Sept. 15 on its way to the Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF), […]