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Arkansas’ Thaden Field tries to unite aviation’s history and its new generation.

ASTM International’s F37 Committee always welcomes new members, and you don’t need technical expertise.

The company says paperwork has been submitted to the FAA to approve its latest EASA-certified LSA.

Several years ago, a pilot friend and former aircraft owner told me that owning an airplane is “more expensive than you would ever imagine,” and that was assuming I already imagined that it would be extremely expensive, even staggeringly so. Today, as I shop for my own airplane after years of renting, I realize he […]

From the 1930s until the 1980s, many pilots got their weather briefings from a meteorologist at a flight service station or airline dispatch counter. The counter often ended up being a center of discussion about the World Series and chatting with other pilots who arrived for their briefing. Those in-person briefings gave way to weather […]

TEXTRON BUYS PIPISTREL In an announcement that surprised many industry watchers, Textron revealed it was buying Pipistrel Aircraft, a Slovenian company that has been at the forefront of light aircraft innovation, most recently in the electric and hybrid airplane sector. In the announcement, Textron CEO Scott Donnelly said the acquisition will result in the creation […]

The destruction of this hugely popular Chicago airport has become a battle cry for general aviation airports.

Electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer EHang said it’s planning to win type certification in China of its 216-S two-seat, autonomous air taxi by the middle of 2022.

The 10- to 15-minute program is broadcast live on YouTube each weekday.

It’s up to each pilot—GA, airline, cargo, or otherwise—to monitor and control their habits to get enough rest.