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Just when you thought pilot selfies couldn’t get any cooler, the Royal Netherlands Air Force released a series of photos on their Facebook page showcasing their welcome home of the first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in the Netherlands. The two F-16 fighter jets were escorting the Dreamliner that the Dutch airline Arkefly received last week. But […]

Since the age of 10, Mary Moe has had a dream. She wanted to fly airplanes. She was too young to join the Women Air Force Pilots during their short stint and she was too short to become what she referred to as an airhostess. Like so many women, Moe was married, had children and […]

An epic air race across the heart of China? Apparently it’s really happening, with a qualifying event planned for this September in conjunction with the upcoming Open Skies General & Business Aviation Leaders Forum in Xian, China. Pilots of light piston airplanes are being invited to participate in the race next year from Istanbul to […]

Rotax had a big celebration last week at its factory in Gunskirchen, Austria, as the company marked the 25th anniversary of the Rotax 912 and delivered its 50,000th aircraft engine. The celebration was held at Rotax’s second annual fly-in with about 160 people in attendance from 25 countries and four continents. More than 70 light […]

With only one month left to compete in the finals for the Flying Challenge Cup stick-and-rudder skills competition in Redbird’s full-motion flight simulators, both pilots and non-pilots are giving it their all for that free ticket to Oshkosh 2014. And it’s still anyone’s game. Since its launch at Sun ‘n Fun this year, the numbers […]

The FAA has given approval for oil company BP and UAV maker AeroVironment to fly an AeroVironment Puma for pipeline surveys in Alaska, marking the first time the agency has authorized commercial UAV operations over land. “These surveys on Alaska’s North Slope are another important step toward broader commercial use of unmanned aircraft,” said Transportation […]

The military scrambled a pair of F-15s on Saturday after the pilot of a small airplane strayed into the Washington, D.C., Flight Restricted Zone, prompting the evacuation of the Capitol, Library of Congress and Supreme Court for a short time. The fighters escorted the airplane to the airport in Mount Airy, North Carolina, where the […]

Two separate airplane crashes in Central Florida, one in Daytona Beach and one in Merritt Island, claimed the lives of four people Monday night. In Daytona a student and an instructor died in a fiery crash shortly after takeoff from Daytona Beach International. Witnesses say the Cessna 172 they were flying appeared to lose engine […]

Cockpit voice and flight data recorder information recovered in the wreckage of a deadly Gulfstream IV crash at Hanscom Field outside Boston on May 31 reveals the crew experienced some type of control problem at very high speed late in the takeoff roll. All seemed normal to the GIV pilots as they advanced the power […]

AOPA has released a revised membership fee plan that raises the base level membership while offering new tiered plans that include popular member benefits. The basic membership provides advocacy services (something every member gets regardless of the level), website access, their choice of AOPA publication, online flight planning tools and other online benefits. Members can […]