by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 14, 2021 | 20210506, Aviation News, Briefings, flight training, General Aviation, News
“Global warming is happening and eventually we all have to adapt. We decided to recommit to and go in the right direction today, not tomorrow.” Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 14, 2021 | Aviation News, flight simulation, flight training, General Aviation, News
National Flight Simulator at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire will host its first ever Aviation Weekend. Attendees will get a chance to fly simulators, as well as take free rides in one of the flight school’s airplanes. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 10, 2021 | #Drone, 20210506, aviation education, Aviation News, faa, flight training, General Aviation, News, UAS, Unmanned Aerial Systems
Drone pilots who have Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification can now take their required training courses for free online at the FAA Safety Team website. The training ensures that pilots have the knowledge necessary to operate in accordance with the Operations Over...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 4, 2021 | 20210401, Aviation News, Feature, flight training, flying, General Aviation, pilot, Piper Cub
Ask any pilot if they remember their first flying lesson and the airplane it occurred in. No doubt — and without hesitation — you will get a detailed and colorful description of this revered event. As with many pilots, I started my flying career in a Piper J-3C Cub....
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | chapter, Chapters, flight training, learn to fly, Member Stories, Milestones, pilot, Why We Fly, young eagle, Youth & Young Eagles
By Owen Leipelt, EAA 1102131, EAA Chapter 62 Vice President December 1, 2016 – In 2013, when I was 13 years old, I took my first Young Eagles flight with pilot Tom Hail, Young Eagles coordinator at the Watsonville Airport (EAA Chapter 119, Watsonville, California) in...
by Hal Bryan | Mar 20, 2021 | flight training, instruments, Learning to Fly
One of the toughest things about learning to fly is learning to trust the instruments, especially when they disagree with what we see and feel. However, we have no choice; our eyes, our inner ear, and our general kinesthetic (a fancy word for “seat of the pants”)...
