Nothing good in flying comes without good preparation, of both pilot and aircraft, or without good planning of every aspect of the flight. Before your first flight lesson, you've attended several ...

The author recounts a near-fatal multi-engine flight lesson with an inadequately vetted instructor and poorly maintained aircraft, highlighting the dangers of prioritizing cost over safety. Numerous ...

The flight began normally. Little did I know how crazy and funny things would end up becoming. It was my student’s last flight before his first check ride in the private pilot portion of our Part 141 ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Ever since I was a kid, I knew I wanted to be a pilot. I would look up in the sky all the time, and was obsessed with trying to see airplanes. I ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A 99-year-old woman fulfilled a lifelong ...

Rather than an in flight movie, passengers on a trip to Hawaii were given ukuleles and an in-flight lesson. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. If you get on an airplane, are you the kind of person who ...