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Weekly update of general aviation news from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association


    • Aug 26, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    AOPA Pilot News Brief - 8-26-22 Roku_1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 12:50


    AOPA Pilot News Brief 8.19.22

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 12:58


    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.

    AOPA Pilot News Brief - 8.12.22

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 10:19


    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.

    AOPA Pilot News Brief - 8.5.22

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 14:13


    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.

    AOPA Pilot Video News Brief - 7.29.22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 36:30


    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.

    AOPA Pilot Video News Brief - 7.22.22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 16:54


    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.

    AOPA Pilot Video News Brief - 7.15.22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 14:53


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 3:27


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

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    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 13:12


    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.

    AOPA Pilot Video News Brief 6.10.22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 9:32


    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.

    AOPA Pilot Video News Brief 6.3.22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022 18:58


    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.

    AOPA Pilot Video News Brief - 5.27.22

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 16:07


    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.

    Aero Friedrichshafen 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 23:56


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

    AOPA Live This Week - April 7, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 24:12


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - March 31, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 73:17


    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!

    AOPA Air Safety Institute General Aviation Safety Award

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 6:29


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - March 24, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 24:18


    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.

    2022 Hoover Trophy awards

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 63:03


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - March 17, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 20:59


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - March 10, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 19:52


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

    AOPA Live This Week - March 3, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 18:58


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - February 24, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 20:21


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - February 17, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 30:03


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - February 10, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 22:47


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - February 3, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 19:01


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - January 27, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 24:02


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - January 27, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 24:02


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - January 20, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 30:08


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - January 13, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 22:36


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - Honoring Mike Fizer's AOPA Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 80:08


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - December 9, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 24:15


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - December 2, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 18:31


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - November 25, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 24:32


    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 Live This Week - November 18, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 27:37


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - November 11, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 24:34


    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. 

    AOPA Live This Week - November 4, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 17:30


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - October 28, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 21:25


    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. 

    AOPA Live This Week - October 21, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 20:35


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - October 14, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 25:41


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - October 7, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 20:28


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - September 30, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 16:06


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - September 23, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 25:59


    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.

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    AOPA Live This Week - September 16, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 20:11


    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 Live This Week - September 9, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 23:41


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - September 2, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 19:15


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - August 26, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 18:04


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

    AOPA Live This Week - August 19, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 17:26


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - August 12, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 19:31


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - August 5, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 28:57


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - July 29, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 37:01


    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.

    AOPA Live This Week - July 22, 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 22:24


    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.

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