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Aviation News
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics lands top spot on Forbes list of trade schools
Pittsburg Institute of Aeronautics tops Forbes’ list of the nation’s Top Two-Year Trade Schools.
Century-old blimp hangar designated historic landmark
Goodyear’s 100-year-old blimp hangar, the oldest airship hangar in the United States, has been designated a historic landmark.
Get ADS-B installed in three days
SoCal Jets now offers ADS-B installation in three days.
AOPA Insurance Agency now offers quotes on home and auto insurance
The AOPA Insurance Agency now offers an online portal for members to shop for auto and home insurance.
Cessna 172 bent by prop wash
The flight instructor reported that while he and the student pilot were on a taxiway in Anchorage, Alaska, under air traffic control (ATC) instruction, the Cessna 172 encountered prop wash, originating from a larger, four engine turbine-powered airplane performing a maintenance engines run-up. The maintenance run-up was performed in a location adjacent to the active […]
Picture of the Day: Huge smiles
It is amazing what giving a youngster a ride in an airplane will do.
‘It came back to me quickly’
A vet gets the chance to fly a P-40 thanks to the Central Coast of California Honor Flight Chapter.
40th anniversary of historic Atlantic crossing in a balloon
It’s 40 years on Aug. 17 since American balloonist Ben Abruzzo broke both the distance and duration ballooning records by flying across the Atlantic Ocean from Presque Isle, Maine, to the village of Miserey in France. The crossing, which he undertook with team members Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman, took 137 hours, 5 minutes and […]