Have you ever crashed a Boeing 720 jetliner? Well, Fitzhugh Fulton has and lived to tell the tale! On December 1st, 1984 NASA research pilot “Fitz” Fulton purposely crash landed View More ›
Heads Up! FAA Announces New ICAO Flight Plan Format (video)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced it is adopting new ICAO based formatting for domestic flight plans possibly starting in January 2017. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is View More ›
Breaking news: FAA bans all flights from Turkey
Breaking news: As security situation in Turkey continues to deteriorate, FAA bans all flights to and from.
Delta Flight Mistakenly Lands at Bomber Air Base
A Delta flight mistakenly landed at Ellsworth air force base in South Dakota instead of Rapid City Regional located 10 miles way. Every pilot probably has a story like this–or at least a View More ›
FAA Releases New Rules Regulating Small Commercial Drones
Today John S. Duncan, Director of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Flight Standards Service issued an Advisory Circular detailing new rules designed to regulate and phase in small commercial drones. Read View More ›
From The Cockpit: Lodi Skydiving Mishap!
FighterSweep Fans, we can only imagine what it was like being inside the Cessna 208 when it came down out of the sky near Lodi, California in this incident. The View More ›
Staying Safe In Crowded Skies
As a pilot, the idea of colliding with another aircraft rattles me to the core. It’s an exceptionally rare occurrence, statistically speaking, but certainly one of the most horrific scenarios View More ›