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Training and Safety Tip: Embrace the stall
That first flight lesson is a memorable experience, even inducing some nervousness in many student pilots. But the butterflies pass quickly, replaced...
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CAU forms Elite Partnership with SkyWest Airlines
California Aeronautical University announced its Elite Partnership with SkyWest Airlines, allowing eligible CAU students direct access to the SkyWest...
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CAU put this pilot’s career in reach
California Aeronautical University (CAU) graduate Tanner Henderson loved flying but thought it was impossible to become a professional pilot without o...
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AOPA’S AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE RELEASES 32nd JOSEPH T. NALL REPORT
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI) has released its 32nd edition of the Joseph T. Nall Report, which covers calenda...
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Business meetings and bedtime routines
“Mommy’s home!” my three-year-old son exclaimed. It was past his bedtime, but I didn’t mind. I had flown from Ohio to AOPA headquarters in Maryland an...
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EPA moves forward with proposed lead finding
The Environmental Protection Agency released on October 7 a long-anticipated proposed finding that lead air pollution endangers public health, and tha...
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Michigan bill stifles aviation
Officials in Michigan are once again moving forward with a bill that would negatively impact aviation by placing unnecessary restrictions on aeronauti...
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SLO flight for friendly food
Going flying with my dad, a CFI and retired F–16 fighter pilot, will always be some of my favorite memories and I try to get up in the air with…
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Pumpkin run
Through the trees and down the river you will find a quintessentially autumnal destination where the grass strip is green and pumpkins are bright oran...
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Father-son bonding clear across the country
It was simple enough on paper: My dad would join me on the trip to ferry the AOPA Sweepstakes Cessna 170B from Spokane, Washington, back to AOPA headq...
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Tampa Hangout to proceed
AOPA carefully considered the implications of holding an event designed for fly-in fun within weeks of a major hurricane devastating parts of the same...
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County in crosshairs faces long hurricane recovery
Hurricane Ian’s name was quickly retired with more than 100 lives lost and a trail of damage across two states, though airports in the hardest-hit reg...