It’s a brilliant blue-sky day in Denver and we have an important mission: flying over the Rockies through mountain passes between 11,000 feet and 12,500 feet to Colorado’s western slope where we will collect bags of fresh hops to brew a beer called Hop is My Copilot.
Mark Baker had been a member for years when he took the helm at AOPA in 2013. But like most new employees, he quickly had a revelation—there’s a lot more to the association than most people realize. Even longtime members like Baker can get a bit of shock when they step behind the curtain.
YouTube isn’t necessarily one of the valuable resources that pilots routinely use for preflight planning, flight training, or proficiency, but there are certainly some great channels that might be helpful to you.
You would think aviation stories are straightforward: This is the airplane, and this is the pilot. But we are a creative bunch here in AOPA Media and we like to take our readers on unusual treks.
One of the reasons pilots fly twin-engine airplanes is for the redundancy. If one engine fails, another one is still operating to get you safely back to an airport.
Aircraft ownership makes it possible for pilots to share the freedom and joy of flight as these members acknowledge in their recent submissions to our “Why I Love My Airplane” section.
“I just flew my Cessna 182 from Kansas City to St. Louis to drop off a passenger there,” Frank Annecchini told the operator who answered his call to the 24/7 breakdown assistance hotline operated by my company, Savvy Aviation.
Bristell may market its new MOSAIC-ready 916M as a luxurious light sport aircraft with a Garmin G3X, a 51-inch-wide cabin, and great customer support, but the thing buyers will most brag about is how much of a beast it is on the runway.
F Street Station is a true pilot’s retreat in one of the hotspots of aviation: Anchorage, Alaska. Tucked into a downtown street, this bar and grill is a must visit for all pilots, even though it is one of those rare aviation restaurants not immediately adjacent to an airport.
One of the most fun parts of the AOPA Sweepstakes project is flying the airplane around, showing it off, and showing you, future winner, what it can do.
Glide rings are a powerful safety tool that tell pilots at a glance whether they’re close enough to an airport to glide to it—but how trustworthy are they?
Join AOPA at the Buckeye Air Fair at Arizona’s Buckeye Airport (BXK) for three days of high-quality pilot education, aerial entertainment, and aviation enthusiast camaraderie.