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Aaron VanTrojen has been flying for two decades and has owned several airplanes. But, being from a large metropolitan area with little open hangar availability, a considerable amount of his time has been spent thinking about aircraft storage. All that time has led to a plan for a 4.8-acre site includes the construction of 30 […]

The business aviation industry continues its climb out from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leading report released on Sunday. Honeywell Aerospace reviewed its 30th annual Global Business Aviation Outlook on October 10, ahead of the National Business Aviation Association conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The report projects 7,400 new jet deliveries […]

In the July 28 edition of the Journal of Transportation (JAT), researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University published a study that argued that “a lack of weather knowledge and poor product interpretability may be contributing to the high probability of fatalities in general aviation (GA) weather-related accidents.” Despite all the technological progress we’ve made in the […]

The great American radio and television comedian George Burns emerged in America during the vaudeville era and became known as a king of the one-liners delivered in his uniquely subtle deadpan style—and always with an El Producto cigar between the fingers of his left hand. Before his death in 1996 at the age of 100, […]

Laser strikes have increased to a “dangerously high rate” at airports across the U.S., according to federal aviation authorities, putting pilots in cockpits of aircraft from wide-body airlines to Cessnas potentially at risk. In 2020, at least 6,852 laser incidents were reported by pilots, representing a nearly 12% increase in the span of a year […]

Despite a falloff in world air traffic since early 2020, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (PANC) in Alaska still represents a stopover point for thousands of airline and business-aviation flights between North America and Asia, as well as thousands of local general aviation and military airplanes. Visitors will notice that many of those local GA […]

The speaker lineup for FLYING’s first virtual event on October 27 features some of the aviation industry’s most innovative minds. A total of 10 speakers are already scheduled to discuss recent advances in general aviation technology. They include: George Bye, founder, CEO, and chairman at Bye Aerospace Ron Gunnarson, vice president of sales, marketing, and […]

Federal transportation officials have awarded $479.1 million in grants for more than 100 sustainable infrastructure and safety projects at U.S. airports, the FAA announced Tuesday. Grants were awarded for 123 airport projects in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and American Samoa for projects that bolster airport accessibility, sustainability and workforce. Some of […]

“In instrument training, if you’re not doing something, you’re missing something,” Chris said. Chris was my new instructor, assigned to me for my instrument training. I didn’t understand what he meant at the time, until one quiet night we were flying along, and the instructions from the air traffic controller, who called out numbers like […]

Many of my previous Remarksmhave touched on what’s safe in general aviation, but that’s a conversation worth continuing. Long ago I concluded that “safe” is a concept and a goal, not a measure. What’s to say that one activity is safe but another is not? It’s mostly just relative to the skill and comfort of each individual […]