• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
General Aviation NewsGeneral Aviation News

General Aviation News

Because flying is cool

  • Pictures of the Day
    • Submit Picture of the Day
  • Stories
    • News
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Products
    • NTSB Accidents
    • ASRS Reports
  • Comments
  • Classifieds
    • Place Classified Ad
  • Events
  • Print Archives
  • Subscribe
  • Show Search
Hide Search

Ben Sclair

I hope they’re ready

By Ben Sclair · November 20, 2023 ·

It isn’t often that a new airport opens.

A nice send off

By Ben Sclair · November 15, 2023 ·

I’m sad for this former subscriber, but grateful he took the time to email.

Touch and go bans coming to an airport near you?

By Ben Sclair · November 5, 2023 ·

While it would’ve been nice for local governments to preserve space around airports decades ago to prevent such issues, they didn’t, so we have to deal with reality as it is, not as we wish it to be.

It’s not my airport, unless it is

By Ben Sclair · October 12, 2023 ·

When is the best time to start an airport preservation and promotion project? 20 years ago. When’s the next best time? Today.

A proposal to move the goal posts

By Ben Sclair · October 1, 2023 ·

MOSAIC is a significant evolutionary step forward from the original light sport regulation that is now about 20 years old.

Here they come

By Ben Sclair · September 17, 2023 ·

Drone over cotton field.

Using sensors and cameras and code, drone technology pioneers should be required detect and avoid … everything. That puts the onus on the drone industry to integrate into the well-established National Airspace System.

From dream to reality, almost

By Ben Sclair · September 10, 2023 ·

A neglected airport in Washington is coming back to life with the goal of providing a template for the 14,000 other privately owned, public use airports around the country.

Something we all have

By Ben Sclair · August 27, 2023 ·

I have my own perspective. So do you. Whose perspective is the right one?

Ice be gone

By Ben Sclair · August 3, 2023 ·

Updating a system to shed ice from a general aviation aircraft with an electromagnetic u — now that’s cool.

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Read the Latest Issue

Cover of the September 3, 2026 edition of General Aviation News
September 3, 2026

Featured Video

https://youtu.be/_5GlVdS1gpo?si=PEX8RGgp1XCz3-uM

Become A Better Informed Pilot.

Join 110,000 readers each month and get the latest news and entertainment from the world of general aviation direct to your inbox, daily.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Recent Comments

  • jimh in ca on First Flight After Engine Rebuild Ends in Crash
  • BJS on Fatigue Fracture Results in Loss of Engine Power
  • Kent Misegades on Aviation Fuel Prices Continue Climbing
  • jimh in ca on Fatigue Fracture Results in Loss of Engine Power
  • Jeff on Monday Morning Quarterbacks, Second Guessers, and Downright Lies
  • Terk on Monday Morning Quarterbacks, Second Guessers, and Downright Lies
  • wing smith on Fatigue Fracture Results in Loss of Engine Power
  • jimh in ca on Fatigue Fracture Results in Loss of Engine Power
  • Josh March on Parachutist Collides With Departing Cessna 172
  • Michael Gorman on Parachutist Collides With Departing Cessna 172

© 2026 Flyer Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Comment Policy
  • Submit Press Release
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Writer’s Guidelines
  • Photographer’s Guidelines