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New York students win GAMA’s 2022 Aviation Design Challenge
A team of high school students from Erie 1 BOCES Harkness Career and Technical Center in Cheektowaga, New York, are the winners of the General Aviatio...
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American Airlines invests in zero-emission future
ZeroAvia, developers of zero-emission, hydrogen-electric aviation powertrain systems, is adding American Airlines to its growing list of investors as...
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Vacation like a Vanderbilt
Located on Mount Desert Island in northern Maine, Bar Harbor is one of those exclusive enclaves that the Golden Age titans of industry chose as their...
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Training and Safety Tip: Solving the cross-country conundrum
Many primary flight students struggle at some point with the definition of what a cross-country flight is, how it relates to meeting the requirements...
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Nav Canada delays ADS-B mandate
In response to concerns voiced by AOPA and other stakeholders, Nav Canada announced it is delaying its 1090ES ADS-B Out equipage mandate effective dat...
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AOPA releases annual weather survey data
The 2022 Weather Survey from AOPA was published on July 15. The sixth of its kind, this weather survey investigates how pilots access and use weather...
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AirVenture awakened by warbird thunder
Two Grumman 7F7 Tigercat escorts sprang alive with smoke billowing from their twin Pratt & Whitney radial engines as we launched in a twin-engine, twi...
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No better place to mark a milestone
While EAA AirVenture Oshkosh itself is a weeklong celebration of aviation, there are many celebrations within the celebration. What better place to th...
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And just like that…
In just six short months, an idea became a club thanks to the AOPA You Can Fly Flying Clubs initiative.
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The Right tool for the job
The same pilots who filmed many of the in-flight, high-speed action scenes for Top Gun: Maverick are working to save lives with their Upset Prevention...
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The year everything changed
Not long ago, news of a kit manufacturer flying a prototype airplane would have been a minor footnote at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.