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We round up news from Helijet, Beta Technologies, SpaceX, Zipline, and plenty more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.

Epic Flight Academy and Purdue University Global are partnering to offer an online bachelor’s degree in aviation management or professional flight through the Purdue Global aviation program.

The accounts will be compiled as part of a historical record, which is due to Congress by June.

When approached to develop a fast bomber, Douglas responded with the Douglas XB-42 “Mixmaster,” a decidedly unconventional, piston-powered design promised to achieve nearly 500 mph.

The FAA and Air Force both have skin in the AAM game, and the two will partner to integrate new designs such as eVTOL or autonomous aircraft.

When it comes to buying a used aircraft, well-known models often come with high prices and a lot of competition.

Enduring a black-screen episode in flight, for those in the know, isn’t as bad as it sounds. While the thought of losing a moving color map is often the modern pilot’s horror-movie nightmare, most cockpits now have enough backup equipment so you can fly the airplane, navigate and (barring a full electrical failure) communicate. Do […]

Have you flown into AirVenture? You’ve heard stories about the stressful mixed density of traffic across all performance levels with pilots of widely varying skills. In this first of two articles I’ll explore what it takes to control all that traffic in 10 days. The ATC planning for AirVenture is extensive and nearly never stops. […]

Every flight, even a VFR flight, has a departure procedure and an arrival procedure. On VFR flights that might just be make a left turn and remain in the pattern. Often times, particularly at a non-towered airport, you will make up procedures yourself. But on an IFR flight things are never so simple. There must […]

Enduring a black-screen episode in flight, for those in the know, isn’t as bad as it sounds. While the thought of losing a moving color map is often the modern pilot’s horror-movie nightmare, most cockpits now have enough backup equipment so you can fly the airplane, navigate and (barring a full electrical failure) communicate. Do […]