Step-by-step overview explains the modern licensing process, including hours, ratings, and costs for professional pilots.

FAA emergency order impacts services, registrations, and medical certificates, potentially sparking interest in private pilot training.

It's awesome being a licensed private pilot. While it is awesome piloting a small general aviation aircraft, it comes with a ...

Dr. David Kovach flies above the north side of Indianapolis in this undated photo. Kovach received the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, which honors 50 years of safe piloting experience.

In August 2025, a purported quote by renowned airplane pilot Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), ...

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Bryan Bedford, the Trump administration's pick to head the Federal Aviation Administration, acknowledged this week that he does not have a commercial pilot's license, despite having claimed for years ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Through the years since the 2009 Clarence Center plane crash and the loss of 50 lives, we have seen the Families of Flight 3407 battle efforts in Congress and the airline industry to ...