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Funding scholarships for women
Rachelle Spector received a scholarship to learn to fly in 2010. After earning her private pilot certificate and adding multiple ratings, she decided...
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Training and Safety Tip: Wait! Did you check the notams?
General aviation pilots are breaching restricted airspace, despite warnings from the flying community. The likely explanation is they skip the require...
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BlackFly maneuvers over Oshkosh
The Opener BlackFly’s two twilight flights were the highlights among a few showings by personal electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft at EAA...
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Family hop for festive beachside day
With a runway right on the Northern California coast, the Half Moon Bay Airport is just steps away from all of the beachfront attractions the small, p...
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King Schools gives You Can Fly students a lift
King Schools announced that the company will support the AOPA You Can Fly High School Aviation STEM curriculum by offering discounts for students atte...
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Beach or bust in a Cessna 170
Vacationing at the beach has been a favorite summertime staple of mine since childhood. Spending hours in a car, often in traffic jams, to get there i...
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What’s in a name?
The Spanish christened it Ojo Caliente de las Palomas, then it was shortened to Palomas Hot Springs, and then simply Hot Springs because of the natura...
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The best deal in town. Any town.
It’s the best deal in town. Any town. Learn more about making avionics upgrades less painful.
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‘It’s been a long two weeks’ waiting for AirVenture
Alex Browne is a patient guy. He’s been waiting for more than two weeks to see his brand-new airplane—the 2022 AOPA Sweepstakes Grumman Tiger, which h...
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Burning bright in the AirVenture night
Lighting the night with an airshow and fireworks is a tried-and-true EAA AirVenture tradition that never loses its luster—and remains one of our favor...
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New life for New Cuyama
After several years of neglect, New Cuyama Airport in California’s high desert will get a second chance at life after residents, pilots, and volunteer...
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AirVenture dawn patrol
Swiss watchmaker (and AOPA Premier Partner) Breitling orchestrated a warbird exercise at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh that took us back in time as we flew a...