Niki Britton

Dan Neal, pilot, A&P shop owner, aviation professor, and academic advisor at San Jose State University (SJSU) got his start in the industry after graduating from the SJSU aviation program in 1981.

With major airlines slowing down or pausing pilot hiring this year, flight schools and airline pilot hopefuls are focusing on faster routes to the flight deck.

Regular followers of AOPA Sweepstakes restorations may have noticed that we are doing things a little out of order from our typical restoration timeline.

An Aviation Rulemaking Committee that included AOPA among many stakeholders released recommendations on how the FAA might break down barriers preventing pilots and air traffic controllers from seeking mental health care when needed.

The record pace of airline hiring in 2022 and 2023 shows signs of cooling off, though that surge created vacancies elsewhere in the industry that employers are working to fill.

Years of experience, the ability to build student confidence, and going above and beyond for students and employees were just some of the characteristics that the top instructor and flight school in the 2024 AOPA Flight Training Experience Awards shared this year.

The airshow demonstration team known to fans for decades as the AeroShell Aerobatic Team has announced it will replace its distinctive orange-and-white livery with new colors and fly as the Titan Aerobatic Team sponsored by Titan Aviation Fuels.

Reliable Robotics, a developer of autonomous aircraft systems, achieved a milestone in its effort to improve aviation safety with the company’s first unmanned flight in a Cessna 208B Caravan.

When it came time to choose what the next AOPA sweepstakes aircraft would be, there was no question that we wanted to select a noteworthy airplane to commemorate AOPA’s remarkable and storied 85-year history.

Nonprofit aviation education and flight school organization New Vision Aviation can now provide flight training in electric airplanes thanks to an eight-year public-private collaboration.