by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 31, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251120, Aviation News, backcountry flying, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation
“Actual weather conditions at remote backcountry airstrips are often quite different from local airport weather reports, which might be many miles away,” noted Wendy Lessig, RAF’s Utah Liaison. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 31, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251120, Aviation News, Briefings, CubCrafters, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
“We were outside the normal realm of operating parameters, so we were proceeding with caution. It was pretty dang cool to be in a tube-and-fabric bush plane that high, and it was surreal hearing airline pilots over ATC wondering what a Cub was doing up...
by Ben Sclair | Oct 31, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251106, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, Touch & Go
During a presentation to the Spokane chapter of the Washington Pilots Association, I met someone who had a childhood very similar to mine. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 31, 2025 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots
Scott Crane submitted these photos and note: “Our son Scotty Crane finishing his American Bonanza Society Beechcraft Pilot Proficiency Program (BPPP) check-out at our home airport in Poplar Grove, Illinois, following a seven-year restoration of our 1948 Bonanza....
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 28, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251106, airport, Aviation News, Briefings, FBO, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
“This opening marks a transformative step in our vision to redevelop and modernize the Napa County Airport,” said Anne Cottrell, Chair of the Napa County Board of Supervisors. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 28, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251120, Aviation News, backcountry flying, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation
Taylor Flat Airstrip in the northeast corner of Utah has been closed for 28 years. But thanks to efforts by the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF), it is set to reopen. Read...
