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Check out the debut of ‘V1 Rotate,’ a new digital series from a longtime friend of FLYING.

Program reaches huge milestone as the airline industry faces surging demand for pilots.

We’ve decided that the returns a pilot can get by investing in things like stocks and mutual funds are far better than the meager interest rates paid by savings accounts. If the advantage of investing is so obvious, why do savings accounts even exist? The answer is simple: risk. Savings Security The U.S. government insures […]

For the first time in more than 18 months, airlines are carrying passengers from the U.K. to the U.S. And the occasion was celebrated with quite a unique event. British Airways flight BA001—a flight number previously reserved for Concorde—and Virgin Atlantic flight VS3, both operating on A350 aircraft, departed from London’s Heathrow (EGLL) airport bound […]

We’re taking a break from personal finance this week to address the economics of why airlines are cancelling so many flights lately. American Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights this weekend owing to what the company defined as staffing issues. They’re not the only ones with problems; Southwest recently cancelled even more flights. Some agenda-driven individuals […]

American Airlines said Monday that it is ramping up staffing—particularly within flight operations—to make sure that the thousands of cancellations that happened over Halloween weekend won’t happen again as people head home for the holidays. COO David Seymour said the airline would wrap up what he called a “brief irregular ops period” in early November […]

It wasn’t a hung start, exactly, but it wasn’t a normal start either. The N2 spun up smartly and fuel flow was normal. The engine began to accelerate, but then it hesitated. The interstage turbine temperature, which had been rising normally, had a sinking spell. Before I could think to do anything about shutting off […]

It is a beautiful starlit night deep in the Bahamas’ Exuma Cays, warm and soft in the light caress of the easterly trades. I am sitting on a white-sand beach moodily lit by the flicker of a driftwood bonfire, sipping a dram of aged rum, and taking an occasional pull on an aromatic cigar. Piper […]

Starting in 2020, the National Aviation Hall of Fame partnered with a trusted name in early childhood education, ThinkTV/PBS, to create an aviation and aerospace-led, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math)-based curriculum for grades 1 through 3. The program, called “Discovering Flight: Learning with the National Aviation Hall of Fame,” includes in-person tutelage at the […]

Going with a broad index fund can simplify your investing strategy—and give you more time to spend in your airplane.