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Early Analysis: Power Line Strike on Final Approach to Montgomery County Airpark
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FAA weather camera webinar
The FAA Weather Camera Program is an expanding network of cameras designed to make general aviation safer. Pilots, air traffic controllers, and others...
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Fly with the First Flight Society
As part of a fundraiser for the First Flight Society—a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Wright brothers and promoting...
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AOPA collaborator, air boss John Walsh dies
John Walsh, well-known air boss, AOPA events collaborator, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and retired air traffic controller, died November 16. He was 64...
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Washington Executive Airport-Hyde Field closes
Washington Executive Airport, also known as Hyde Field, never really recovered from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The final day for air...
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Training and Safety Tip: Eyes out when steep
For Top Gun fans buying into the fighter pilot ethos, steep turns are one of the more exhilarating private pilot training maneuvers. With a little ima...
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Caravan crashes during test flight, wing separation likely
An unmodified 2021 Cessna Grand Caravan 208B leased to aircraft modification manufacturer Raisbeck Engineering from Copper Mountain Aviation LLC crash...
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‘It looks like they made it for now’
An early evening approach to a Maryland airport under low overcast nearly ended in tragedy on November 27. It ended instead in a triumph of technical...
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Modified King Air claims speed records
Tamarack Aerospace submitted two city-pair record claims to the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) and the European Fédération Aéronautique Interna...
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Scholarships at your fingertips
When Angelina Tsuboi was starting her flight training journey, she spent a lot of time hunting for scholarships before coming across the AOPA Foundati...
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Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame inducts four
Military veterans and a “human computer” who helped build GPS are among the latest group of aerospace achievers inducted in the Virginia Aviation Hall...