by General Aviation News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | 20210722, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Airports, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, General Aviation, News
The results of AOPA’s Airport Support Network survey indicated that 71% of airports have a waiting list for their hangars. And at those airports with a waiting list, 72% of aircraft owners waited from six months to more than two years to get a hangar. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 7, 2021 | 20210617, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
In Reality Check: The Runway Behind You, the AOPA Air Safety Institute tested the “impossible turn” using a Piper PA-18 Super Cub, a Van’s RV-4, a Cessna 172N, and a Beechcraft Bonanza A36. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | May 17, 2021 | 20210603, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, cfi, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Anyone who has taken flight training — initial or recurrent — during the past 12 months is asked to “candidly assess the process and rate their individual experience” in the survey, according to AOPA officials. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | May 1, 2021 | Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, aviation accidents, Aviation News, Feature, General Aviation
In a new video from the AOPA Air Safety Institute, a pilot’s mistaken beliefs and faulty assumptions leads to a disastrous outcome for him and his five passengers. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 22, 2021 | 20210506, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, EAA, Experimental Aircraft Association, flight instruction, GAMA, General Aviation, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, News
In a court case, judges ruled that “a flight instructor who receives compensation for flight instruction is carrying persons for compensation or hire.” This created confusion among flight instructors about what is — and isn’t — allowed in flight...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 20, 2021 | #Aircraft, 20210506, aircraft maintenance, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, General Aviation, News
The new law, which goes into effect Sept. 1, 2021, applies to all aircraft and is expected to save owners of single-engine aircraft an estimated $159 a year based on average annual maintenance costs of $2,500. Read...
