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COMMERCIAL ACCIDENT RATE DROPS The global accident rate for commercial flights dropped by 9.8 percent in 2021 over 2020 according to stats released by the International Civil Aviation Authority. The rate fell to 1.93 accidents per one million departures in 2021 down from 2.14 per million the previous year. The report covers all commercial fixed-wing […]

If you are old enough to remember September 11, 2001, you probably recall with some clarity where you were when you heard about the airliners deliberately flown into the World Trade Center. I was working at an aviation newspaper at the time. On the drive into the office I heard about the first aircraft hitting […]

Long, forgiving strips can inspire adventurous pilots to go explore.

There are a few ways to become a flight attendant. You can attend a college or school to train to become a flight attendant before applying to the airlines or you can apply directly with the airlines and be sent straight to the airlines training center.

Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA) Inc. has been aligned with aviation education for more than 80 years. In fact, the company was founded in 1940 at Boeing Field (KBFI) as an aviation ground school. Its founder, Creighton Merrell, was an engineer at Boeing at the time. “He saw a need for training post-war pilots, getting […]

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Flight instructors need to get paid like any other professional.

The approval comes after the broad and ongoing compliance of the manufacturer’s fuel in aircraft across the fleet.

The most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of the war fulfilled critical missions.

We clarify a common confusion regarding the logging of nighttime landings.