Medical

Regardless of your experience, training or occupation, if you fly airplanes, you need to show the FAA that you are medically safe to fly. For sport pilots, that is your driver’s license. Basic Med is an option for many. However, new pilots, professionals, and those who want more than BasicMed can offer, will need an […]

Q: I’d like to complete my private pilot certificate—I’m disabled with my left foot shortened by 7 cm following a minor accident in 2007, with both hands and feet still in perfect condition. Is there any flight school available to pursue my dream? A: The short answer to your question is yes, there are flight […]

Here’s where aviators can turn for support—and why it’s important when the struggle with identity underlies any illness.

The need to reconfigure the drone with a quick-release to deliver its payload in occupied areas is one of several lessons learned in Ukraine.

Revived Soldiers Ukraine expects to receive a Draganfly drone that will transport antibiotics and insulin to field hospitals in wartorn areas.

Volunteer pilots with medical training are a hidden gem at Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo.

An automated delivery drone has played an unprecedented part in saving a victim of a life-threatening heart attack, according to the drone manufacturer.  The rescue took place last month in Trollhattan, Sweden, when physician Mustafa Ali came upon a 71-year-old man who had collapsed in his driveway while shoveling snow. Dr. Ali had been driving […]

Oregon incident can teach us all an important lesson in being honest with yourself.

I caught the coronavirus this past October on a commercial flight returning home from Denver. My aisle seat was toward the back of the sold-out flight with an airline that refused to keep middle seats open. By hour two of the flight, there was a line for the bathroom. All those people standing over me, […]