AOPA Live This Week

It's National Aviation Day - where can you fly to celebrate? The NTSB issues reports on the Red Bull plane swap accident and and the co-pilot who jumped out of his aircraft. What's it like to fly the BlackFly? American Airlines is going to go boom.

Unleaded avgas. How far away? Congress wants to know. A look at what pilots want in weather services. The NTSB prelim is out on the Las Vegas mid-air collision. A new engine for the Carbon Cub. Get ready for Reno racing.

One last look at AirVenture 2022, including the night airshow from the best seat in the house. A final word from "Senator Aviation," James Inhofe of Oklahoma. Build your own AWOS to tell you the weather at your strip. Volkswagen makes an eVTOL.

Vans revels the RV-15 at AirVenture 2022 in Oshkosh. An update on unleaded avgas. The winner of the AOPA Sweepstakes Tiger gets the keys and sits in his new airplane for the first time. A one-pound autopilot.

Find out who won the AOPA Sweepstakes Grumman Tiger. Come along for a flight in the new AOPA Sweepstakes Cessna 170. Textron gives the AOPA High School Aviation STEM Curriculum a major boost, and we look forward to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh.

Vans Aircraft gives us a sneak peek at its latest design. Mark Baker tells Congress AOPA has a program to help solve the aviation worker shortage. Tips on how to safely fly to Oshkosh. We watch as a restored DC-3 takes her first flight.

Young Pilots USA sponsors a fly-in to Goodspeed airport in Connecticut.

New AOPA app to makes flight training more effective and efficient. Dealing with busy Class B airspace, and finding the perfect cheese steak. We flythe Super Patriot. The Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow is something you should put on your bucket list.

Take a look at the future of aerial transportation at the UP.Summit. Learn about the AOPA Pilot Passport Poker Run starting soon. Plus, some tips for safe summer flying.

A new requirement that might keep many Americans from flying in Canada. Update on STOL accident in Nebraska. We fly the Diamond DA50 RG . We talk to the new owner of Enstrom Helicopters. And a preview of a new documentary on one very storied DC3.

We have an early analysis of the Nebraska STOL accident. AOPA works with FAA to solve aircraft registration issues, and urges the Bahamas not to implement a broken customs clearance program for general aviation aircraft.

The biggest general aviation show in Europe returns. Aero Friedrichshafen 2022 highlights innovations in hydrogen and electric powered aircraft.

Join us at Sun 'n Fun 2022. See the finished AOPA Sweepstakes Grumman Tiger. Check out a new backcountry airplane design, and meet a 23-year-old who uses TikTok to show what it's like to own an airplane.

Tom Haines is retiring and we surprise him with a special edition, hosted by his daughters, with a special message from Harrison Ford. Help us celebrate his 34 year AOPA career. Watch him see this for the first time!

Garmin is awarded the AOPA Air Safety General Aviation Safety Award for its Autonomi system at the 6th Annual AOPA R.A. "Bob" Hoover Trophy awards ceremony.

The Hoover Trophy is presented to Wally Funk, how the AOPA Medical Certification department can help you after a bad break. An appetizer for the airshow season. A chat with a man who has fallen farther than just about any other human being.

From Reagan National Airport, the 6th Annual AOPA R.A. "Bob" Hoover Trophy awards. Honors for people who have made a significant contribution to general aviation, including Wally Funk, Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Washington), and Glenn Gonzales.

See two friends solo eight airplanes back-to-back on their 16th birthdays. Join us for a visit to the bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, where the Wright brothers designed the first airplane. Textron buys Pipistrel, and the latest on unleaded avgas.

We're live at HAI Heli-Expo. A large e-VTOL order from NetJets. Welcome Niki Britton. New G5000 glass for CJ's.

Join us for a sunrise flight lesson over Hawaii. A new coalition has formed to broaden the push for unleaded aviation fuel. Also, we also check in with sources reporting the latest from Ukraine.

Getting the lead out of AvGas by 2030. GA shipments are way up. The first paraplegic Vision Jet pilot. Learning tailwheel from Patty Wagstaff. Flying in a Carbon Cub on floats.

See what it's like to get a checkout in the AOPA Sweepstakes Grumman Tiger. The latest on the fight to save East Hampton Airport. Plus, a flying tour of the Big Bend region in Texas, and we review the new Garmin D2 Air X10 aviator smart watch.

The best flight schools and instructors are unveiled at Redbird Migration. We visit a professional photographer and pilot who has good reasons to love New Orleans, and we show you how to aim for consistent landings.

A hot new color palette for the Cirrus SR line. Getting poetic about Piper Super Cubs. Honoring the best of flight training. ICON A5 a national security threat? Alton Bay Ice Runway update.

Zara Rutherford sets several world records. Learning to fly a gyroplane in Costa Rica. Tamarack active winglets help the military. Remembering airshow pilot "Jacquie B". Rutan Brothers get honor in Mojave.

Zara Rutherford sets several world records. Learning to fly a gyroplane in Costa Rica. Tamarack active winglets help the military. Remembering airshow pilot "Jacquie B". Rutan Brothers get honor in Mojave.

What's up with 5G? A chat with Martha Lunken. Where are your airplane parts? AOPA gets an Extra 300; what will we do with it? A REAL flying saucer! And we remember Tuskegee Airman Brigadier General Charles McGee.

Flying the world's newest piston twin, the Tecnam P2012 Traveller. Learn more about the pilot involved in the train vs. plane crash. Taking a 172 into one of the busiest airports in the country. AOPA's latest fuel reporting.

You know his work, and likely his name. We know him as a beloved colleague. After more than three decades, Mike Fizer is moving on from his Senior Photographer role at AOPA. We look back on his career and hear the inside stories behind his work.

Hop in a Husky for some beautiful flying in Montana. Hear the story about a successful emergency landing after an engine failure in Hawaii. Officials in California are stopping the sale of 100LL at two airports, find out what AOPA is doing to help.

Two classic flying boats go head-to-head for bragging rights, a Cessna Skylane sporting more glass instruments than we've ever seen in a piston single and flying supplies to the Navajo Nation.

Professional pilot training programs report an upswing as air travel demand rebounds, and an estate auction puts nearly two dozen aircraft— and other "barn finds"— on the block. Plus, the voices of the Super Sabre, we're thankful for their service.

AOPA continues to fight for fair aviation insurance rates. It takes a pickup truck, a harness, and steady hands to get these spectacular flying videos. Why Maine is the floatplane state.

Dario Costa takes us behind the scenes of his 44-second pass through two Turkish highway tunnels in a Zivko Edge 540, we mark Veterans Day with our own salute, and Garmin collects its Collier Trophy. 

The FAA is expected to announce a 2nd Class Medical requirement for commercial balloon operators. Flying the VL3. Chatting with creators of a FPV drone air to air with a Bonanza.

We fly the King Cub, a Super Cub beefed up with a 210 hp IO-390, take you behind the scenes of STOL Drag, and give you a look at Honeywell's cloud-connected Anthem flight deck. 

Come with us to the High Sierra Fly-In at Dead Cow lakebed, full of beauty, friends, and lots of playa dust. Join Arizona pilots on a vital blood delivery flight. Take a look at the future of urban air mobility and a more affordable way to fly.

Honda Aircraft's big reveal was the talk of the town at NBAA. We visit with Bill Anton and his impressive backcountry Bearhawk. Captain Kirk AKA William Shatner blasts off to the edge of space. We take a look at the Cessna 340 crash in California.

A PT-17 Stearman tries to take-off from a roadway. It goes horribly wrong. Avionics jump into the cloud. Latina pilots pay it forward. This is not your fathers view-limiting device.

The Legacy Flight Academy inspired dozens of youth at one Virginia airport, while another drew its share of enthusiasts to see a gaggle of aircraft, automobiles, and boats. Also, Congress works to fix the flight training debacle.

Tough and ready for the backcountry. We fly Bearhawk kitplanes. The highest airport in the east. A reprieve for threatened Dillingham Airfield in Hawaii. A World War II B-17 pilot flies a Cessna Citation M2 as he's honored for his service.

FBO Transparency win - Atlantic Aviation agrees to post fees. Dream Flights takes WWII Vets up in a Stearman. Flying in the backcountry near Bentonville, Arkansas.

AOPA leaders reflect on how they worked after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to restore the freedom to fly. Also, we probe for history with metal detectors, and see how a rare, wrecked Turbo Seminole was restored to a showroom shine.

General aviation to the rescue again in Hurricane Ida's aftermath. The King (Air) is crowned. We fly the King Air 360. Adventurer Victor Vescovo says being a pilot made it all possible. AOPA's Aviator Showcase is a hit! Another supersonic aircraft.

A National Aviation Day to mark the 150th Birthday of Orville Wright. Flying the Kitfox Series 7 STi. Using aviation to serve others.

August 19 is National Aviation Day! We celebrate a milestone of 300 high schools using the STEM curriculum. Flying in to a grass strip in Ohio. Mountain flying instruction in the Tetons. Getting unleaded fuel to Reid-Hillview Airport.

Greg Swingle had a long drive to the airport and enough land for an airstrip. Also, inspiring women and building confidence in Frederick, Maryland, and work becomes fun for an editor assigned to AeroShell team.

We wrap up our EAA AirVenture coverage with firsthand perspectives from the show and further glimpses of aviation's future. We also celebrate a century of aerial application in Leesburg, Virginia.

From AirVenture 2021: New airplanes, including the Diamond DA50 RG, Mike Patey's Scrappy, the Blackshape Gabriel. E-VTOLs fly at Osh. Form camp in T-34 Mentors. We're aware of technical issues with the audio, and thank you for your understanding.

The Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet G2+ now has more thrust, and better connectivity. Watch Blue Origin make Wally Funk an astronaut at last. Also, reflecting on five years of BasicMed.