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After being grounded in the gold-rushed city of Nome, Alaska, for nearly a month, Zara Rutherford (FlyZolo), the 19-year-old Belgian who is on a quest to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, has made it to Russia, reaching the halfway point of her trip. In a short video posted on social […]

The majority of general aviation pilots across the country are renters and fly sporadically throughout the year. Most companies who rent aircraft require renter’s insurance, paid for by pilots, before they can take off. Aircraft renters insurance has always run on a monthly or yearly basis, until now. SkyWatch, an InsurTech company for aviation, announced […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Ocean shipping giant A.P. Møller – Maersk on Tuesday further expanded into the air freight market with the planned acquisition of German freight forwarder Senator International and investments in new cargo aircraft, including two new factory-direct Boeing 777s. The deal is valued at $644 million and is […]

The Recreational Aviation Foundation supports general aviation by preserving, improving, and creating airstrips for recreational access.

The incident that killed a University of North Dakota aviation student on October 18 was not the result of a mechanical malfunction, the NTSB says.

NASA and SpaceX’s combined Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station has seen a few hiccups prior to liftoff, including bad weather, minor medical issues, and one leaky toilet.

A “silver splash” this week in Wichita: Bombardier made the decision just 60 days ago to host its 25th Safety Standdown in person—but the mature event has once again drawn a significant cross-section of professional pilots and corporate flight departments attending. The two-day symposium runs Tuesday and Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, with a […]

The Air Race Classic board of directors on Tuesday announced the route for the 45th Air Race Classic, to be held June 21 to 24, 2022. Next year’s competition will begin in Lakeland, Florida (KLAL), and end at the Terre Haute Regional Airport (KHUF) in Terre Haute, Indiana. Along the way, racers will have to […]

For-hire hot air balloon pilots could soon need to hold the same medical certificate as a commercial pilot to do their job.

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 […]