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Fueling Speculation: Sumping for Safety Still Critical to Preflight Checklist
Instructor recounts a flight where an emergency landing revealed the critical importance of meticulous preflight checks.
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Understand the Risks of Controlled Flight Into Terrain
Even in clear skies, a lapse in situational awareness can lead to disaster.
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Sandpoint, Idaho: Your Next Great Outdoor Adventure Awaits
This Gem State mountain town is a popular spot with something for everyone.
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Love of Warbirds Remains Timeless
Pilots’ obsession with former military aircraft never fades away.
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Community Spotlight: Harold ‘Duke’ Newton
FLYING Finance helped him take home a beautiful 1953 Bonanza D35.
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Bumps During Helicopter Flight Can Prove Fatal
Rotorcraft are like another country because they do things differently there.
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ATP Expands School Fleet With Cessna, Piper Aircraft
Flight trainer accepts 54th Cessna 172 Skyhawk delivery of 2025.
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Elysian Aircraft Plans on Pushing the Limits
Company believes other electric aircraft developers should dream bigger.
![Logan Dochtermann (left) became Epic’s first in-house pass when he earned his instrument rating in August 2025. Dochtermann is pictured with his instructor, Breyton Jackson. [Courtesy: Epic Flight Academy]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1st-inhouse-pass-e1758048862160.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
Epic Flight Academy Offering $145,000 in Scholarships
High school juniors and seniors have until October 1 to apply for pilot and maintenance technician training.
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Finding Those Little Moments of Pilot Mastery
Answering the question: How proficient am I?
