Digital Media Managing Editor Jim Moore joined AOPA in 2011 and is an instrument-rated private pilot, as well as a certificated remote pilot, who enjoys competition aerobatics and flying drones.
California-based Ampaire Inc. announced it has earned the first-of-its-kind FAA certification basis approval for a hybrid electric aircraft powertrain and remains on track for certification by the end of 2026.
AOPA urged Massachusetts lawmakers to back a tax exemption for privately owned airports that allow public use, noting the important benefits the owners provide by allowing public use are "easy to take for granted."
The FAA's yearlong series of public meetings seeking input in the modernization of professional flight training continues in June, with a two-day session planned at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.
The April 24 accident that killed Rob Holland, the most accomplished U.S. aerobatic pilot of his generation, likely began with a loose screw, based on facts reported by the NTSB on May 2.
A Texas pilot who threatened to kill a would-be employer after failing a preemployment alcohol screening was sentenced on April 8 to serve one month in federal prison followed by one year of probation after pleading guilty to a reduced federal charge.
Two pilots born in China are scheduled to return to a Florida courtroom on April 30 to argue whether a recent $7.3 million jury verdict delivered with one party absent should be set aside—the latest in a slew of legal battles spanning multiple jurisdictions on two continents, all stemming from a circumnavigation superlative claimed in 2016 that remains very much in dispute, at least among the litigants.
A Canadian pilot hired to fly an ocean wildlife survey off the coast of the Baja peninsula in Mexico was rescued April 18 with his passenger just a little more than two hours after ditching their Cessna 182 a few miles from shore.
Boeing Co. announced April 22 the sale of two giant names in general aviation—Jeppesen and ForeFlight—to a private equity firm that specializes in software and technology.
A government-industry coalition seeking to accelerate the arrival of a safe unleaded fuel suitable for all aircraft urged owners to report their unleaded fuel experience to the FAA.