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| January 30, 2025

Douglas R4D set to celebrate anniversary of Allied victory

The Commemorative Air Force is preparing a 1944 Douglas R4D-6S named Ready 4 Duty for a 12-week, 12,000-mile transatlantic trip to mark the eightieth anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II. The flight, dubbed the Navy to Victory Tour, will honor the success and sacrifices of American and Allied sailors.

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| December 23, 2024

Crossing the Atlantic with the D-Day Squadron

When you’re 300 miles off the southern coast of Greenland, trucking along at 130 knots 10,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean in an 81-year-old airplane, there is little use in looking back.

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| May 14, 2024

Promoting flight simulation

The Flight Simulation Association, a group of simulation program and equipment producers and enthusiasts, is ramping up its presence at aviation trade shows as it seeks to promote simulator use among pilots.

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Advocacy

| February 15, 2024

Colorado lead studies failed to detect measurable aviation pollution

Notwithstanding the lack of detectable lead in air and surface samples taken in three Colorado communities near Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in 2023 (findings that came to light only after pilots obtained the reports via freedom of information requests), the legislature is now considering a nakedly anti-aviation bill that AOPA will vigorously oppose.

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| November 2, 2023

Angel Flight West celebrates milestone with star power

Critically acclaimed actor and general aviation pilot Edward Norton helped Angel Flight West mark a milestone in its mission to help people in need of access to healthcare on October 30.

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| June 29, 2023

Aspiring pilot hits all the high notes with Flying Musicians Association

Recent high school graduate and accomplished pianist Justin Duval, who dreams of becoming a commercial airline pilot, was recently awarded the Flying Musicians Association's Solo Program scholarship to begin his flight training.

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Pilots

| June 9, 2023

AOPA launches alliance program

In the spirit of growing the broad tent of general aviation, AOPA is launching an alliance organization program designed to cross-promote groups that have mutually beneficial goals for the aviation community.

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| July 14, 2022

AOPA launches alliance program to cross-promote complementary aviation organizations

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| February 16, 2022

NGPA Industry Expo returns to Palm Springs

After a two-year coronavirus pandemic-induced hiatus, the National Gay Pilots association (NGPA) Industry Expo returned to sunny Palm Springs, California, February 10 and 11, attracting more than 1,200 attendees eager to meet with industry leaders and seek out potential job opportunities.

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| February 16, 2022

Nominations sought for CFI hall of fame

Do you know a teacher who deserves recognition as the best of the best? Nominations for the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame administered by the National Association of Flight Instructors are sought through April 30.

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Public-Benefit Flying

| August 30, 2021

Pilots line up to help in Ida's wake

Thousands of aircraft and pilots awaited word from Louisiana on August 31 that it was time for general aviation to join a massive relief effort to help those who were in the path of Hurricane Ida’s torrential rain and damaging wind, just 7 mph shy of Category 5 strength at landfall. Nonprofit organizations with a history of disaster response quickly compiled a long list of available aircraft and volunteers to crew them, but conditions in the hurricane impact area remained challenging—even after the weather improved.

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| August 23, 2021

OBAP conference harnesses virtual networking

The 2021 Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) Forward conference attracted more than 1,000 online attendees who virtually experienced nearly 120 sessions designed to inspire and engage professionals in the aviation and aerospace communities.

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| July 29, 2021

Karen Kalishek elected new NAFI board chair

Karen Kalishek has been elected to chair the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) Board of Directors beginning January 1, replacing Bob Meder, who has chaired the board for eight years.

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| May 26, 2021

New CAP commander started as a cadet

Brig. Gen. Edward D. Phelka, a professional pilot, flight instructor, and 34-year veteran of the Civil Air Patrol, has been named the CAP’s next national commander and CEO.

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| May 19, 2021

NTSB Chairman Sumwalt to step down

NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt plans to step down on June 30, with fellow Commissioner Jennifer Homendy expected to be nominated as his successor, according to several news reports.

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| February 22, 2021

Aviation leaders, pioneers to address virtual WAI conference

A stellar lineup of keynote speakers will highlight two days of energizing virtual content when Women in Aviation International convenes its thirty-second Annual International Women in Aviation Conference on March 11 and 12.

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| February 9, 2021

NBAA cancels gatherings through June

The National Business Aviation Association has canceled its in-person events through June 30 because of the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

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| October 13, 2020

OBAP events go virtual

The Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) is taking several educational events virtual this year.

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| October 7, 2020

Society seeks to keep DC–3 history alive

The D-Day Squadron has launched the DC–3 Society to preserve the aircraft and its history for future generations.

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| September 15, 2020

Mission Aviation Fellowship cofounder Stuart King dies at 98

Stuart King, a British missionary pilot who in 1945 cofounded an organization that later became Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) to reach people living behind physical and economic barriers, died August 29 at age 98, the group announced through social media. King was remembered by the organization as “highly skilled, tenacious, and dedicated to helping those in need.”

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| September 10, 2020

Meet Sisters of the Skies Founder, Lt. Christine Angel Hughes

Sisters of the Skies (SOS) is paving the way for a new generation of Black female pilots who might not be used to seeing many commercial pilots who look like them.

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Advocacy

| September 3, 2020

Aviation groups seek new pandemic relief from FAA

AOPA and six other aviation organizations asked the FAA to grant pilots and flight instructors new two-month grace periods for meeting proficiency, medical, and certification deadlines that would be impractical to comply with between October and December 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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| August 20, 2020

Girls in Aviation Day app launches

Aspiring pilots and aviation enthusiasts can download the official Girls in Aviation Day app ahead of Women in Aviation International's annual event, which will take place virtually on September 26.

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Pilots

| July 30, 2020

Adaptive aviation flies with Able Flight

Tales are legion of aviators who rose to a mighty challenge. But those annals are incomplete unless you include the inspirational stories of a courageous cadre of contemporary fliers known as the Able Flight pilots.

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| July 30, 2020

Two MiG–21s to converge on Miami aviation museum

Two disassembled Soviet-era supersonic MiG–21 jets are bound for Miami, but the 1,320-mph Mikoyan-Gurevich-designed fighters of the type that that saw Vietnam and Cold War service will be on a peacetime mission rather than a military exercise.

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| July 2, 2020

High insurance rates continue to concern GA leaders

AOPA President Mark Baker and general aviation industry leaders voiced concerns about rising insurance premiums during a webinar moderated by Weekly of Business Aviation Editor-in-Chief Molly McMillin that highlighted options to help mitigate potential rate increases.

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| June 11, 2020

More than words: Aviation industry professionals discuss racial injustice

The Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) brought a diverse group of aerospace leaders together for an online town hall discussion about race in America—more specifically, to work together and create short- and long-term solutions to eliminate racial injustice within the aerospace industry.

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| June 9, 2020

Baker to participate in FAA virtual GA town hall

AOPA President Mark Baker will join FAA Administrator Steve Dickson and industry leaders for a virtual General Aviation Town Hall on June 18 to discuss GA’s recovery in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic along with ways pilots can get back in the air safely and operators can resume business.

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| June 4, 2020

Washington DART delivers gear to health care workers

The Washington Disaster Airlift Response Team celebrated 10 years of emergency preparedness training by delivering more than 3,000 face shields to Walla Walla health care workers and followed up with canine airlifts that transported more than a dozen dogs from Mexico to their U.S. “forever homes” in Seattle.

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