Bose is Protecting Ears and Blowing Minds With the A20 Aviation Headset As a student pilot, I have very limited experience with aviation headsets. To this day, I’ve only worn four: a really, very...
Starting in 1959, the Cessna 150 Quickly Became One of the Most Popular Small Aircraft to Date In 1959, the ‘World’s Premier Trainer’ was introduced by Cessna as the Cessna 150. This...
The All-Metal Piper Comanche Brought Piper Aircraft Into the Post-War Era The 250 horsepower Piper PA-24-260 Comanche is a four-seat, low wing airplane with retractable landing gear. As one of Piper’s...
The Disciples of Flight documentary explores why this unique community of aviators take the risks they do, what they get out of it, and what drives people to the skies. “I absolutely love flying...
Becoming a Professional Airshow Pilot- It’s A Long, Hard Road, But Worth Every Step Throughout each article and interview I’ve read about becoming an airshow pilot, aerobatic champions say...
“The rest of the world may have grown complacent by then about aeroplanes flying in the night, but our world had barren skies. Ours was a young world, eager for gifts—and this was one.” Beryl Markham...
We Review Rod Machado’s latest eLearning Course, “Understanding Aviation Weather.” I don’t know about you, but when I was first studying for the private pilot written exam, it was...
Shadow factories all across Britain played a key role in ensuring that there were enough Supermarine Spitfires in the sky to push back the Luftwaffe. Supermarine Spitfires are one of the most famous...
Reno Welcomes Wayne Phillips of AOPA for an Air Safety Institute Seminar on Night Flying Recently, a friend and I attended our first AOPA Air Safety Institute (ASI) Seminar on night flying, and I left...
