Most aviators are likely familiar with the concept of the great circle route. Mathematically, the term describes the shortest distance between two points on a sphere. Metaphorically, it describes the great arc of a journey that led me to this point in my aviation...
The student pilot had his own airplane and was shopping around for a CFI. He had no previous experience—he didn’t even know how to taxi—but he had very firm ideas on how the training for his private pilot certificate should go. “I’m not paying for ground...
Advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft, including electric air taxis and drones, are beginning to hit the skies, and NASA has skin in the game. The space agency on Monday introduced the Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments, or AIRVUE—a...
The FAA is taking aim at drone pilots who don’t respect the rules of the sky. The agency last week said that between October 2022 and June 2024, it levied $341,413 in civil penalties against 27 operators who violated federal drone regulations, with the largest...
Two people were killed and one injured early Tuesday morning in a reported tire explosion at Delta Air Lines’ Atlanta maintenance facility, the airline confirmed. According to WSB-TV, one Delta employee and a contractor were killed as they were removing the tire....
