The student pilot was looking for a new instructor. He said he had been flying with the same one for a few months and had ...

All students planning to begin flight training at Saint Louis University must hold a current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical certificate. Proof of your holding a current first or ...

If the basics of airmanship still apply in safely controlling an airplane—coordinated maneuvers, power-and-speed management, and situational awareness, for example—wouldn’t the methods to deliver ...

Expecting free flight instruction is disrespectful to CFIs who are professionals with significant training and expenses. CFIs often receive only a fraction of the hourly rate paid by students, due to ...

We teach as we were taught-especially when it involves a physical skill like learning to fly. One size does not fit all in flight instruction, and CFIs have to understand that. Problems arise when the ...

Fred Fehsenfeld, a Purdue mechanical engineering alumnus, stands near Sky Dancer, a Pipistrel Sinus glider he gifted to Purdue. The gift effectively ushers in a new era of glider instruction and ...

Quincey Carr cried out as he wheeled around full circle in his wheelchair as media and well-wishers quickly surrounded him at the corner of Hegenberger Road and Edgewater Drive near his job. Only ...

They say flying is the most fun you can have with your pants on — the corollary is that it’s on the ground where the trouble begins. For most pilots in an urban area like Santa Barbara, the thrill of ...

“We feel pretty confident that there probably is a greater demand potential here in the Midlands,” said airport General Manager Chris Eversmann. Eversmann said they must first decide who will operate ...

Princess Leonor of Spain has reached an important milestone in her military training: The heir to the throne has completed ...