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McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, one of the airports to have airspace upgrades as part of the FAA's Las Vegas Metroplex project

FAA Announces Public Workshop Dates for Las Vegas Metroplex Project

The FAA’s Las Vegas Metroplex workshops are meant to explain airspace issues they’ve ...

The Pipistrel Panthera in flight

Pipistrel Panthera Expected To Earn EASA Certification Soon

The Pipistrel Panthera is currently expected to have close to a 200-knot ...

Planes at a general aviation airport

NTSB Releases Report on Increasing Use and Effectiveness of PIREPs

The NTSB PIREP report provides safety recommendations for a number of aviation ...

American Champion Super Decathlon 8KCAB airplane in flight - FAA Issues Decathlon AD

FAA Issues AD for Certain American Champion Decathlons

The Decathlon AD went into effect April 12, 2017. The FAA has ...

Collings Foundation's F-4 Phantom in flight

Aspen Avionics Donating PFD to Last Airworthy F4 Phantom

The Collings Foundation’s F-4 Phantom has been in operation with the group ...

A Cessna 150, popular for flight training, and working student pilots through the learning plateau.

Flight Training and How to Survive the Learning Plateau

With flight training, anticipate the learning plateau. Aviation is full of plateaus ...

A Cessna Skyhawk 172 on the runway at Tahoe Truckee Airport, just before a flying in turbulence to Reno-Stead Airport

Flight Lesson Journal: Reno-Stead Airport and Flying in Turbulence

Over the Mountains and Through the Wind; To Reno-Stead Airport We Go! ...

The Grumman Goose Still Soars 80 Years Later

Of the 345 Grumman Goose aircraft made, an estimated 30 remain airworthy. ...

Innovative Solutions Receives STC for NextGen PC-12 Flight Deck Retrofit

The first NextGen PC-12 Flight Deck Retrofit is already in progress. Innovative Solutions and ...

A wrecked Curtiss C-46, documented by aviation archaeology hobbyists

The World of Aviation Archaeology and Searching For Aircraft Wrecks

Amelia Earhart’s missing wreck represents the start of aviation archaeology as we ...