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Recently in my duties as an air traffic controller, I’ve noticed a trend: more than a few pilots struggle with non-towered airport procedures. Unfortunately, I’m not talking about a student pilot on his first-ever instrument flight. In that scenario, fumbles are expected.  Instead, I’m talking about pilots flying jets and turboprops who—I suspect—could be inexperienced […]

A husband and wife team are connecting the next generation of aviators with airparks in Tennessee.

Named after a Klingon spacecraft from Star Trek and given the designation “YF-118G”, the jet incorporated dramatic design inside and out.

They write songs about it. Pilots complain about it. If you’re going to the Big Apple, you will find yourself there, sooner or later.

Aviation gaming simulation offers familiar views that rival the real thing.

I live close enough to a private runway that I walk by one end of it almost every day. So it was a few weeks ago when I encountered one of my neighbors hightailing it down the street on a single-seat ATV, pausing only long enough to share something about a crashed airplane at the far […]

Shortly after takeoff, the instructor’s head rolled back. The pilot thought the instructor was pretending to take a nap as a joke.

We had just received our handoff from SoCal Departure to LA Center after departing Palm Springs International in our Praetor 500. We hadn’t even had a chance to check in when we heard this exchange: N1AB: “… requesting direct destination.” LA Center: “Who… who was that?” N1AB: “N1AB requesting direct to our final destination.” LA […]

The resiliency of the turbine-powered business and owner-flown aviation markets has defied the pains of a global pandemic.

Precise planning and coordination make for an impressive aerial ballet.