As the saying goes, “the FARs are written in blood,” and every time two student pilots want to fly together I am reminded of a fatal 2008 accident out of Atwater, California, in which two student ...

When adults meet for the first time—after the exchange of names—the next question is often, “What do you do for a living?” When your flight instructor asks this, they may be using that information to ...

Hal Shever’s life has been as generous as it is successful. Credit: Sporty's The year was 1961, a time when anything seemed possible technologically. The U.S., along with the Soviet Union, launched ...

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) has named Herbert W. “Bill” Powley as the 2023 inductee into the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame. Powley, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant ...

Nearly three years after a new partnership between Ascent Aviation and Lake Superior College was announced to revamp and grow the two-year professional pilot degree program offered in Duluth, students ...

The honors go to Doug Stewart and Tim Tucker for their dedication to aviation education Flight instructors and designated pilot examiners Doug Stewart (left) and Tim ...

The 2026 edition of Sporty’s Pilot Training app brings a new level of intelligence and interactivity to flight training. In ...

A Casper man who enjoyed a lengthy career as a flight instructor in Wyoming will be inducted into the state’s Aviation Hall of Fame next month. John B. Cooksey instructed as many as 400 student pilots ...