The Turbine Pilot edition includes all of the stories in AOPA Pilot, plus a few additional articles written specifically for pilots and owners of turbine-powered aircraft. If you fly a turbine aircraft, or will transition into one in the near future, call Member Services at 800-USA-AOPA for more information. See answers to frequently asked questions here.
If you are fortunate enough to move up to flying a jet, you’ll almost certainly complete your initial type rating training and checkride in a simulator, not the airplane.
How the Federal Reserve navigates us through this most recent banking issue, and whether it truly slows down on rate hikes and other possible solutions to cool off inflation, will have some impact on the owner-flown market.
Most of us are familiar with the weather products we learned early in pilot training—metars, TAFs, sigmets and airmets, and all the reports and forecasts on the Aviation Weather Center (AWC) website, including convective outlooks and the popular graphical forecasts for aviation (GFA) tool.
The oldest organization dedicated to restoring and flying antique and classic aircraft celebrates its seventieth anniversary this year with its annual fly-in August 29 through September 4.
Usability, weight, portability, and rideability are the four top categories when I evaluate bicycles that I plan to take with me in a general aviation airplane to explore areas around airports. The JackRabbit Micro e-bike ranks high in three of the four categories.