‘Gustnado’ recovery underway
Students, staff, and instructors at ATD Flight Systems are working to keep flying after the school's fleet was nearly wiped out on April 20, when gusts reaching 40 knots tore through…
Kinner’s bold Envoy design
A general aviation airplane ahead of its time.
Video provides early analysis of Florida fatal accident
According to a preliminary NTSB report, the airplane took off over dark water with no discernable horizon, then began a shallow climb and a right turn. "It seems possible that…
College flying competition takes off in Oshkosh
The National Intercollegiate Flight Association SAFECON flight competition will be held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for the first time ever on May 8-13, 2023.
House bill would create aviation workforce engine
Representatives André Carson (D-Ind.) and Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) re-introduced bipartisan legislation on April 26 to create a center to help the aviation and aerospace industries better collaborate on initiatives to…
Texas teacher named educator of the year
Steward Bailey, an aerospace engineering teacher in Houston received the inaugural Texas Aviation Educator of the Year award from the Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division.
Sweepstakes Cessna 170 heads to avionics shop
When I was originally tasked with managing the restoration of the AOPA Sweepstakes Cessna 170B, I knew a couple things—one being that I wanted the engine upgrade to happen at…
AOPA mourns transportation titan
E.G. “Bud” Shuster, former 15-term congressman from Pennsylvania, died April 19 at the age of 91.
FAA loses another leader
The White House announced plans to name a new acting FAA administrator before current acting administrator, Billy Nolen, departs the role this summer.
Flight school fleet ravaged by ‘gustnado’
Eleven airplanes were damaged or destroyed at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport when high wind gusts from a passing storm swept through Kansas City, Missouri, in the early morning of…