by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 10, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20231019, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, aviation accidents, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, People, Pilots
The aviation community is remembering Richard McSpadden, senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Institute, who died in a plane crash Oct. 1, 2023, near Lake Placid, New York. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 12, 2023 | #Aircraft, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, Feature, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
“Managing Weather Deviations offers tips on safely navigating around adverse weather,” said Air Safety Institute Senior Director Paul Deres. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 6, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230921, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, faa, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, WINGS
After an aircraft accident that claimed the lives of friends, Paul Burger made a commitment to help others avoid the same tragedy. Since then he’s donated almost $1 million and countless hours to general aviation safety. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 1, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230921, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, ForeFlight, General Aviation, News, Pilots
“Warm Weather IFR Planning with ForeFlight offers insightful tips to help identify weather that could interrupt our flight by looking at various tools readily available during the planning process,” said ASI Senior Director Paul Deres. “For example, selecting the IFR...
by General Aviation News Staff | Aug 31, 2023 | #Aircraft, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, aviation accidents, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, Pilots
The new video from the AOPA’s Air Safety Institute, “High Aspirations,” recreates the events that led a Piper PA 32 Cherokee Lance to crash only minutes after takeoff from South Valley Regional Airport (U42). Read...
by Janice Wood | Jul 2, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230706, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, NTSB
“Night flying introduces challenges that are reflected in the data,” said Robert Geske, AOPA Air Safety Institute manager of aviation safety analysis. “More than one-quarter of fatal night flying accidents occurred because of spatial disorientation, a condition that...
