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Aircraft Maintenance: Inspecting your oil filter and screen
In this series, we have been reviewing the different ways that you can monitor the health of your aircraft’s engine to protect your personal safety as...
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Training and Safety Tip: A yoke is not a steering wheel
The cop wasn’t buying it. After a long day of flying, I had been stopped for driving smack down the middle of Airport Road, my car nicely centered on...
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Commemorative Air Force seeks help with P–47 restoration
Airbase Georgia, a branch of the Commemorative Air Force at Atlanta Regional Airport Falcon Field is working to raise $15,000 through its “12 Planes o...
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Remembering aviators who died in 2022
AOPA honors exceptional aviators including war heroes, innovators, aviation community legends, and air race pilots who made major contributions to the...
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Fulfilling a mission; fueled by aviation
Steve Russell has had a singular focus throughout his life. Making a difference is a core principle of Russell’s, whether as a decorated officer in th...
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Not to be outdone
When 19-year-old Zara Rutherford flew solo around the world in a light sport aircraft late last year and early this year, we held our collective breat...
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NY Governor strikes down contentious Stop the Chop bill
A bill intended to mitigate helicopter operations at the West 30th Street Heliport in New York City that would have allowed citizens to sue pilots and...
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One step closer to eliminating FAA LODA requirement
The Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act passed in the Senate on December 15 with an 83–11 vote—containing language that eliminates a 2...
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Graduate earns distinction from California Aeronautical University
The challenges of finding qualified aircraft maintenance technologists (AMT) have accelerated over the last decade making it difficult to fulfill the...
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Legendary high-altitude record-setter dies
U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Col. Joseph Kittinger, who flew high enough to see the curvature of the Earth during his record-setting 102,800-foot skyd...
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Pulitzer race to resume in May
The National Aeronautic Association will host a four-day, 1,000-nautical-mile air race for electric aircraft in May, resuming the renowned races that...