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An unoccupied airplane stalled and spun to impact.

Two airplanes, one runway

Co-pilot departs aircraft without a parachute before emergency landing.

Habit born from overconfidence plus nonchalance add up to a deadly combination.

A Pennsylvania court’s dismissal of Grady v. Aero-Tech Services should give flight schools and instructors a welcome sigh of relief, but it doesn’t give blanket immunity for educational malpractice.

Officials from the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a midair collision at North Las Vegas Airport (KVGT) that killed four people.  According to the FAA, a Piper PA-46 Malibu Mirage and Cessna 172 Skyhawk collided Sunday in the traffic pattern at the airport. “Preliminary information indicates that the Piper PA-46 was […]

Knowing how and when and why to do things in the airplane starts with it.

The NTSB released its final report on the SIAI Marchetti accident that killed Dale “Snort” Snodgrass in Idaho last summer.

It happens with alarming frequency: You read a story in your local newspaper about someone pushing for the closure of the local airport. Perhaps it’s an election year, or locals accuse the airport of being solely a playground for the rich, a danger to public health, and/or an economic drain on the community.  There are […]

Pilot Tom Dafoe was reportedly advised twice to lower his airplane’s nose because he looked slow.