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PilotWorkshops.com provides online pilot training and skill building delivered by leading aviation experts. Designed for the IFR and serious VFR pilot, the site provides a large assortment of online video and audio workshops. A free trial is available on their Web site. About this Workshop In this eight-minute workshop, Bob Nardiello will explain the causes […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, July 2005. Mackinac Island, Mich., is located in the Straits of Mackinac between the state’s Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula. It is a beautiful island that attracts many visitors during the tourist season from April through October. Many of those tourists fly their own aircraft to the island […]

This year’s AOPA Expo reached an all-time record high of 12,973 attendees by the time the show closed on Saturday afternoon. Later that evening, AOPA paid tribute to Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers, R-Ky., for his dedication to general aviation, awarding him with the prestigious J.B. “Doc” Hartranft Award for 2006. Rogers is responsible for funding […]

Pegasus Interactive is at AOPA Expo touting new additions to its VFLITE series of aviation training software for PCs, including the Weight & Balance Visualizer, CFI iTools and GPSMAP 496 Interactive Guide. Its new VFLITE Weight & Balance Visualizer software instantly determines and displays center of gravity and weight loading, ensuring that an aircraft is […]

This is the last article I get to write as an air traffic controller. I retire from the FAA on December 1. No longer a controller. No longer a Federal employee. No longer a safety rep for NATCA. While I’ll admit to a certain sense of melancholy, it is far outweighed by my sense of […]

Russia has significantly relaxed constraints on general aviation in a move thats expected to stimulate growth of business and private flying. According to Flight International, regulators have dropped rules that required GA operators to get permission for each flight. The new rules also make aircraft ownership, certification, registration and maintenance a lot easier. Of particular […]

The NTSB says a 13-knot easterly wind may have contributed to the circumstances that led to the crash of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidles Cirrus SR20 into a Manhattan apartment building on Oct. 11. An update to its investigation issued Friday suggests the brisk breeze would have effectively decreased the turning space available for […]

AOPA says it won’t give up trying to convince the FAA to accept a state driver’s license as proof of medical fitness to fly with a recreational permit. Recreational pilots are restricted to fixed-gear, 180-hp, four-place aircraft flown day VFR only. AOPA argues that the difference in performance and weight between the recreational permit privileges […]

This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, Aug 2004. Scud running, the practice of flying underneath a low ceiling, often in poor visibility, has claimed its share of low- and high-time pilots, even those with Instrument ratings. The risks of scud running, while manageable, are definitely higher than flying on a clear summer day and […]

Submit a Photo | Rules | Tips | Questions | Past POTW Winners Autumn is settling upon us here in the States, but that doesn’t mean we’re slowing down as the weather gets cooler.  If anything, we’re gearing up for a lively winter!  We’re not the only ones, either – “Picture of the Week” contributors […]