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The U.S. Air Force’s volunteer auxiliary is set to outfit 36 new aircraft with SiriusXM aviation weather and information services.

Savannah Raskey started flying after college and went from a DA40 to flying acrobatics to getting her tailwheel. Now with over 600 hours and a Piper Cherokee Six, she is currently an undergraduate pilot in training at Vance AFB. Watch Savannah share her flying story and tips on her favorite SiriusXM Aviation features in this […]

On February 25, 2020, my granddaughter, who lives with her husband in Hollywood, Florida, gave birth to a little boy, a first great grandson for my wife and me. As it turned out, I was scheduled to be out of my office at a three-day conference in Washington, D.C., the following week. With a quick […]

Pilots flying during the COVID-19 pandemic have an added layer of complexity to consider in their initial flight planning. This planning now needs to include the various travel restrictions on where to go and if to stay. Summer 2020 included much of this consideration when planning where to visit with my Piper Cherokee PA-28-180. If […]

Cruising among the flight levels in excess of Mach 0.82 most times, our weather radar typically remained in an active status. The Boeing 777′s system was sophisticated enough to adjust its sweep to the attitude of the airplane and turn itself on during takeoff for predictive wind-shear-detection warnings. It was the primary long-range tool for […]