Fred Fehsenfeld, a Purdue mechanical engineering alumnus, stands near Sky Dancer, a Pipistrel Sinus glider he gifted to Purdue. The gift effectively ushers in a new era of glider instruction and ...

The flight instructor is the first gatekeeper when it comes to aviation safety. [Credit: Meg Godlewski] The flight instructor is the first gatekeeper when it comes to aviation safety. It is incumbent ...

A fatal flight accident occurred when a flight instructor (CFI) intentionally flew into a known thunderstorm at night with a student pilot, leading to both their deaths. The CFI, Timothy McKellar Jr., ...

When I first began actively training to become a pilot, the process of learning to fly was a relatively private journey. You worked with your instructors, you spent hours behind the controls, you read ...

DULUTH, Minn. & KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirrus, the innovator in personal aviation, today announced the relaunch of the Cirrus Approach app, the premier digital mobile tool for flight ...

Flight instructors fear a recent US court ruling could cause major headaches for the pilot-training community, just as airlines begin to again warn of a pilot shortage in the coming years. In a 2 ...

“We feel pretty confident that there probably is a greater demand potential here in the Midlands,” said airport General Manager Chris Eversmann. Eversmann said they must first decide who will operate ...

Editor's note: this story was updated for clarification on 9/12/2023. ExcelAir8 is not affiliated with Columbia Regional Airport or The Jet Center. MOBERLY − Flight school, ExcelAir8, opened a new ...

May 29—One thing was sure to lure young Bob Downs away from the dinner table. It was when he heard a Stinson mail plane passing above his childhood home on Latrobe's Irving Avenue, en route to the ...

Jeff Himler Saturday, May 29, 2021 12:01 a.m. | Saturday, May 29, 2021 12:01 a.m. One thing was sure to lure young Bob Downs away from the dinner table. It was when he heard a Stinson mail plane ...