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Throughout its history, aviation has generated some of the most remarkable figures that ever lived, including those brave pilots who made the first forays into the air and who courageously pushed the bounds of flight in ways previously unimaginable. At the same time, aviation has produced a number of people whose heroism rises above the […]

Women in Aviation International launches its Girls in Aviation Day app, with the virtual celebration for kids ages 8-17 that kicks off on September 26. The mobile app contains a host of free content, including aviation career videos, hands-on activities, virtual tours of aviation museums, and a copy of Aviation for Girls magazine. Young people […]

The DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase in DeLand, Florida, has pushed its planned event from November 2020 to January 2021 in light of ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The show positions itself as the first event on the 2021 calendar, for both sport aviation and general aviation in total. “We wanted, upon receiving word of […]

When renewable fuel production begins in early 2024 at the renewed Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, California, near San Francisco, it will be impossible to find a drop of crude oil, or conventional gasoline or diesel products at the site. Instead, raw materials such as used cooking oil, fats, greases, and soybean oils will be […]

It was a bright spring day at Flight Level 350, far above the Chesapeake Bay, as we cruised up the Eastern Seaboard en route to Newark, New Jersey. This was my first time flying a jet in more than a month—really flying, not playacting in a giant video game on hydraulic stilts ensconced in the […]

Now in its eighth year, the 2020 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge offered student teams from more than 80 high schools spanning 35 states the challenge of applying their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to make performance modifications to a Glasair Sportsman airplane using the Plane Maker program inside the X-Plane flight simulator […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association’s Spirit of Aviation Week features virtual exhibitors, with experts at Garmin, Sporty’s ForeFlight, and Jeppesen presenting webinars, among others. You can check out EAA’s full lineup here, but there are a few highlights from exhibitors you may want to mark on your calendar. Garmin has a robust lineup of webinars on […]

It was a blindingly bright afternoon on the edge of the Okavango Delta—warm and sunny on this July winter day. Our Land Rover Defender chugged along the dirt track that paralleled and crisscrossed a reedy canal, occasionally turning muddled and confused among a profusion of game trails trampled through the ocher sea of grass by […]

Three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Business Aviation Association reports operators are slowing coming back online as the market and economy attempts to rebound. “We’re seeing charter activity increase a bit faster than we expected, which is great news,” said Phil Derner, NBAA Western regional representative. “As the industry starts to slowly emerge, […]

Seattle-based Fast Rabbit Aviation, LLC, recently became the latest customer to accept delivery of a Cessna Citation M2 entry-level jet. Textron Aviation said in a news release that the owners of Fast Rabbit Aviation will use their new M2 for frequent trips throughout the West Coast of the US; the aircraft is able to fly nonstop with […]