Adam Smith, Senior Vice President of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Center to Advance the Pilot Community, will join other flying club experts Wednesday, Jan. 9, in a webinar to share tips and tactics to improving your flying club. Click here to find out more and register.
How old is your airplane…really?
December 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The average general aviation aircraft is more than 30 years old. However, a number of factors contribute to an aircraft’s true age, which may not be the same as its age in calendar years, according to officials with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute. Learn how to recognize the signs of aircraft aging, understand its effects, and mitigate the risks by taking the Air Safety Institute’s Aging Aircraft online course.
AOPA praises Senate progress on FAA nomination
November 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association (AOPA) President and CEO Craig Fuller Wednesday praised a decision by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), to lift his hold on the nomination of Michael Huerta as administrator of the FAA, noting that the agency requires consistent leadership at a time of wide-ranging changes in the nation’s aviation system.
AOPA launches FlyQ Electronic Flight Bag
November 15, 2012 by 4 Comments
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has released the FlyQ Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) for the iPad, the latest addition to its family of digital flight planning products.
GAN’s own Jamie Beckett wins AOPA’s Let’s Go Flying Award
October 11, 2012 by 4 Comments
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has named Jamie Beckett, our Politics for Pilots blogger, recipient of its 2012 Let’s Go Flying Award, for his efforts in promoting and defending general aviation. The award was presented Thursday during the AOPA Aviation Summit in Palm Springs, Calif.
AOPA unveils Center to Advance the Pilot Community
October 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has launched the new Center to Advance the Pilot Community designed to arrest a decline in the pilot population that has been occurring for several decades.
AOPA inks partnership with Aircraft Spruce
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has signed a new strategic partnership with Aircraft Spruce.
More than 16,000 comments on medical exemption request
September 27, 2012 by 5 Comments
End of public comment period moves measure to next stage
A late flurry of public comments to the joint EAA/AOPA third-class medical exemption request pushed the total number of comments to more than 16,000, one of the largest totals for any public comment period involving GA activities, according to Experimental Aircraft Association officials.
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