Pilot Proficiency

FlightSafety announced today at an NBAA press conference several new offerings for business aviation pilots, including new iPad capabilities, a web-based ADS-B course and a new type rating. Beginning next year, the training provider will offer type ratings for Bombardier’s Challenger 350. The new type rating will be offered at FlightSafety’s Learning Center in Columbus, […]

Take to the skies with Kale as he enjoys his first flight in the RedRocker with aerobatic pilot Marco Di Prima. Kale, who had never done any flying in a small plane, or any aerobatics for that matter, was very much up for the experience as you will witness in this video. Di Prima invites […]

Most prototype flying cars lack two key ingredients needed for success: They don’t look very good, and they fly even worse. The new Aeromobil 2.5 out of Slovakia at least has overcome one of these shortcomings. From certain angles, the styling of this flying sports car is simply stunning. Unfortunately, based on the video of […]

A group of RV pilots have set an unofficial world record for formation flight after a group of 49 Van’s airplanes overflew Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday before the start of Chiefs-Raiders game. KC Flight, Kansas City’s largest home-grown civilian formation team, organized the world record attempt, which must still be verified before the […]

An announcement on Lao Airlines’ Facebook page yesterday offered condolences to the “family, friends, colleagues and relatives” of the people aboard Flight QV301, an ATR 72 twin turboprop designed for up to 74 passengers that crashed on Wednesday on its way from Vientiane to Pakse, Laos. The airplane was expected to land just before 6 […]

Even though Redbird decided to cut short its $1 avgas promotion, the company will follow through on a promise by reinstating the offer for a special event. The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) is holding its Pilot Proficiency Project event the weekend of October 26-27 in San Marcos, Texas, and Redbird will revive […]

The world watched a year ago on October 14, as skydiver Felix Baumgartner stepped from a balloon gondola suspended 24 miles above New Mexico. Red Bull, which sponsored the “Stratos” project, has just released a unique YouTube video (shown below), including footage from three point-of-view cameras and on-screen readouts showing the skydiver’s speed and altitude […]

You may recall a story from last year where a 16-year-old student pilot soloed three different types of aircraft on his birthday. Yesterday, for his 17th birthday, Drew Gryder decided to up the ante. Gryder managed to complete the checkrides for his single- and multi-engine private ratings and second-in-command type ratings for the Douglas DC-3 […]

As the FAI World Aerobatics Championship began this weekend at the North Texas Regional Airport/Perrin Field near Sherman, Texas, the aerobatic community tragically lost one of its own. Former FAI Advanced World Champion Glen Dell died in an accident at an airshow in Secunda, South Africa. Video footage shows Dell’s Red Bull Extra 300 in […]

As fall and winter starts to set in and the days grow shorter, it is important to make sure that your night flying skills are up to snuff. Flying can take a lot more time than you may initially plan for. With less daylight to play with you are more likely to find yourself left […]