AOPA is questioning Customs and Border Protection's authority to conduct searches of law-abiding pilots' aircraft, and demanding a response from officials at the highest level. AOPA also has created a kneeboard reference card with a step-by-step guide for pilots who find themselves the object of the agency's attention.
You’ve been asking...and we’ve been listening! And now, it’s that time again--time to look over some of the Debonair Sweepstakes paint scheme designs. Craig Barnett of Scheme Designers, a long-time participant in our sweepstakes restoration projects, came up with a wide range of paint schemes.
The robust young pilot who stands with his father and their aircraft in this photo is not as he seems. Although he is an extremely healthy 18-year-old, Jim Rollison has a genetic heart defect and, without the attention of some doctors throughout his life, he might not be here.
Solar Impulse’s pilots use a media event at Washington Dulles International Airport to show off the aircraft’s clean technology.
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Roscoe Morton, long the lead voice of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s summer celebrations, honored as the “essence of EAA,” has died.
Eight teenagers got down to business on their first day of a two-week odyssey in which they will help to build two Glasair kit airplanes.
OpenAirplane is a new service that simplifies the process for pilots wanting to rent aircraft outside of their home base.
With all of the crazy weather pilots are experiencing across the country, check out these five weather apps to stay up to date on changing conditions.
Whether it's a 1980s gyro instrument or a NextGen navigation system, it's only as good as its operator.
AOPA and EAA have submitted a request to the FAA to give pilots the option of using their driver’s license as the baseline of health, instead of a 3rd class medical. This petition would result in substantial savings and reduced bureaucracy.
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