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 ...

Charnell Walls wants to use her CFI scholarship as a springboard into teaching young girls to fly. King Schools founders Martha and John King congratulate Charnell Walls, who was awarded the Women in ...

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 ...

Central Washington University Aviation Professor Amy Hoover entered rarefied air this month when she was named the 2022 National Certified Flight Instructor of the Year by the Federal Aviation ...

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 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 Greensboro flight instructor says he was shocked at the news of Wednesday’s plane and helicopter collision in Washington, D.C. The ripple effects, he says, are happening across the aviation industry ...

Durango High School senior Benjamin Williams is well on his way to becoming a licensed private pilot – thanks in part to the school’s new Career and Technical Education aviation course. Benjamin said ...