Pilots

Videographer Cy Kuckenbaker, whose recent video of 70 airplane landings in 25 seconds went viral after capturing the attention of aviation enthusiasts across the web, has used the same time-lapse video effect for an even larger legion of airliners taking off. The short film condenses six hours of real time into 30 seconds, capturing 90 […]

Lieutenant Nilofor Rhmani| Islamic Women Take Flight The Taliban has been waging a brutal war against women for two decades, but at least a few women are literally preparing for battle. On September 30th, 2012, Lieutenant Nilofor Rhmani became the first female pilot in the Afghanistan air force to fly solo in a military Cessna […]

In our FBO Spotlight series, we’re highlighting FBOs around the country that have received rave reviews from our readers. This latest Spotlight is brought to you by Adolph Ohlmeyer, who recently flew into Lakefront Airport in New Orleans in a King Air. Here’s what he has to say about one of the airport’s FBOs, Hawthorne […]

More than two weeks after a large team of researchers, archeologists and photographers arrived in Yangon, Myanmar, the search for a collection of Spitfires, which British farmer and warbird researcher David Cundall claims were buried there after World War II, has been unfruitful. Wargaming.net, which funded the expedition, reported bringing more than 1,300 pounds of […]

In our FBO Spotlight series, we’re highlighting FBOs around the country that have received rave reviews from our readers. This latest Spotlight is brought to you by Eddie Kirkland, who recently flew into Jack Edwards Airport in a King Air 200. Here’s what he has to say about one of the airport’s FBOs, Ferguson Air […]

At first blush, you’d expect the year 2012 to have been a placeholder, a midrecession period where general aviation companies treaded water while waiting for the economy to recover. Nothing could be further from the truth. Indeed, 2012 saw a remarkable level of innovation, from the most unassuming sport airplanes to the fastest and most […]

Dennis Butler has had two careers. The first, based on his degree in physics, was working for a number of companies that were involved with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The second was his Cozy III. The aircraft was an “endeavor” that took 20 years to build and kept him fascinated and involved all […]

Airplanes could be seen taxiing down the streets of Scottsdale, Arizona, in the early morning hours as they made the two-mile journey from the Scottsdale airport to the WestWorld special events facility where the annual Barrett-Jackson collector car auction is held from January 13-20. Lancair is one of the manufacturers in attendance with the high-performance […]

With all the innovation and new products that landed on the general aviation scene in 2012, there were more than enough big stories to fill out the year. As AOPA’s list of most clicked-on eBrief stories shows, however, some of the most popular were those that returned to GA’s roots and celebrated the blending of […]

The moon seemed to take itself so seriously that it paid little attention to us. Though less than a quarter of its full self, it looked down with indifference at our little ship as it hurtled through the cosmos. This lack of concern was a boon, it turned out, for the low moonlight allowed the […]