AOPA Live This Week: Recent Episodes
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
Mark Baker is ticked at the FAA. See what has him hopping mad. Two millennials buy an airport and turn it into a slice of heaven. Richard Branson rides Rutans rocket, and that's no canard. Live ATC added to sim flight, including AirVenture arrival!
A YouTube series about gourmet cooking while airplane camping. (The world's best meatloaf - made in a farm field!). Getting your sea wings in an ICON. A family trip to the Thomas P. Stafford Air and Space Museum. A troubling series of DA accidents.
Take a Sentimental Journey back to where the Piper Cub was born. A teenager flying around the world in a Cessna 172. A blow-up canoe you can take in your airplane (maybe).
Check out an airplane that can cruise the flight levels at 300 knots and yet be flown under BasicMed. Also, the avionics industry convenes in Dallas, and a very sentimental barn find.
Fly along for a lesson in a high-performance jet, visit with the author of a novel about the first African American and Native American woman pilot, preview what'll be new at EAA AirVenture. We talk to a glider pilot who took turns around a funnel.
AOPA pushes back hard on a legal view that puts the flight training industry in jeopardy. Also, an 18-year-old pilot crosses the country in a Piper Cub, and visiting a unique aviation museum in Kentucky.
Flying the Tecnam P2006T. Rescuing sea turtles with general aviation airplanes. The impossible turn: how well does YOUR airplane do?
We climb aboard a rescue flight with one dog and 13 cats, then visit with an author who painstakingly researched a 1962 ditching in the stormy North Atlantic. Also, see the new HondaJet Elite S and take a scenic Bonanza flight over Washington.
VRM Switzerland's certified virtual reality helicopter simulator. 124 flight training scholarships. Honoring the late Mike Collins. Flying a factory-new Cessna 150.
We take a look at an award-winning Cessna 150 that appears factory fresh yet faithfully vintage, ride with a hot air balloon-flying family, and catch up with a new private pilot whose career involves explaining astrophysics.
Two Bonanza pilots launch together, one is going around the North Pole, the other is going around the world. The future of air mobility, and why airports are critical to it. Getting back together after the pandemic.
Winning a SIC type rating in a B-25 Mitchell Bomber. Spot landing in TBM single engine turboprops. Remembering Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins.
An electric twin to compete with the King Air is announced. A quick visit to the newest airport in the solar system. It's a great job with a lot of challenges; aerial photography in the highly restricted airspace around Washington DC.
The first major airshow in over a year! We report from Sun 'n Fun 2021. An AOPA Live exclusive: Oklahoma investigators arrest a woman accused of ripping off pilots seeking medical certificates.
See why airspeed is no longer relevant if you can visualize angle of attack, a data recording retrofit for your airplane. The NTSB updates its list of most-wanted safety improvements. Meet Virgin Galactic's Spaceship III.
A checkout in an iconic amphib, the Grumman Widgeon. Eating our way through Chicago foods. Shooting an IFR approach down to almost minimums in the mountains. A special pilot turns 100.
A warm welcome on a grass strip, with a museum to boot. A nonprofit has set up aircraft builds in many high schools where students learn to fly what they fabricate. NTSB wants more regulation of air tours and balloon rides. Piper CEO steps down.
Flying the fabulous canyonlands around Moab, UT. The risk to people on the ground from an aircraft accident. Teens learn to soar and much more. Women in Aviation International go virtual.
Born on opposite sides of the world 24 years apart, shared passions and adversities explain how Adrian Eichhorn and Shinji Maeda became fast friends. Also, a scenic trip to Cape Cod, and a progress report on aviation education in high schools.
A silicon brain fighter takes to the air. Flying exercises your CFI never taught you, but they could save your life. What does it take to step up from a single-engine turboprop to a jet? The FAA slaps down two airports. And we remember MikeCollins.
Landing on Mars! Piston sales stay strong in 2020. The woman who made GPS possible. Flying Chicago. A variable view limiter.
Learjet and Terrafugia depart the fix. FAA's new top doc promises to do much better in processing medical certificate applications. A pilot getaway to a tropical paradise that doesn't require a passport.
The NTSB rules on the Kobe Bryant helicopter accident. Air Safety Institute boss has his own take . We fly the Cessna Longitude, and take a look at Cessna's newest business jet. We remember the man who lead the massive B-29 fly=over of Japan.
The 2022 AOPA Sweepstakes Tiger! The 2020 RA Bob Hoover Awards honoring Burt Rutan and others. Earning a multi-sea rating in a Beech 18.
See how we surprised the new owner of the AOPA Sweepstakes Van’s Aircraft RV–10. Also in California, a socially distant flying travelogue. And see what it’s like to get your instrument ticket in six days at IFR6 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Flying the Hudson River - a visual how-to with a pro pilot who learned there. Saving Dillingham Airfield - Hawaii's beautiful treasure. The RV-10 Sweepstakes winner has been picked, but AOPA Editor at Large Dave Hirschman won't tell us who it is.
Civil Air Patrol pilots talk about their vaccine delivery mission; AOPA Editor at Large Dave Hirschman and his brother Harry fly an AirCam from Nevada to Maryland. Going missed on an instrument approach in the Idaho mountains.
Vietnam Vets reunited with their Huey. Pattern work in a TBM sim. Surprising dad with a flight after 22 years.
The 2020 Arsenal of Democracy Flyover was planned to mark 75 years since victory in World War Two.
Pilots rose to the coronavirus challenge in many ways. Also, fractional HondaJet opportunities from a former fighter pilot, and a blind preteen’s Cirrus experience.
The business aviation world meets online; we have news from names you know. Also, tour the Paul K. Guillow Inc. factory, where balsa has kindled aviation love for generations, and a Tennessee sunset seen from a SeaRey.
Giving thanks: CAF names warbird for woman who helped build it. CFIs gift young men of color advanced ratings. Flying Costa Rica in a gyro.
The High School STEM Symposium goes virtual. Flight Design's new F2. Looking to electric cars for the future of electric aviation.
A childhood glimpse of a rare twin-engine seaplane sparked a lifelong fascination. Also, Veterans Day arrives in the seventy-fifth year following World War II, and North Dakota’s major investment in drone safety.
Flying cars are coming back. We go "flamping." How you can be a STOL star. The AOPA app gets even better.
Flying the new Pipistrel Panthera. Dog is my Co-Pilot. Reklaw Fly In. Water on the moon.
Editors note about the Panthera: First, it is awesome! Second, we note that the HP rating is actually 260, versus the 210 listed in the story.
General aviation is getting safer, according to the AOPA Air Safety Institute Nall Report. We fly, rather than hike, the Appalachian Trail. How to fix a bird-dented wing. Tecnam certificates diesel power. Boeing says jobs are still going to be there.
Your RV-10 Sweepstakes airplane is ready to be delivered to the winner. Is it you? Earthrounder Ryan Campbell talks about the highs and lows of his young career. The 1929 Port Columbus terminal building comes back to life. Goats at the airport.
Despite COVID-19, a surprising forecast for general aviation. A real life Rosie the Riveter reunites with the bomber she helped build. A new watch from Garmin does much more than tell time, and it looks cool too. AOPA's annual gear guide.
The Arsenal of Democracy commemorates 75 years since victory in WWII. Dozens of rare warbirds gather to honor Veterans. The Carbon Cub FX-3 lets you have some help building it. Places to fly for a socially distant $100 hamburger.
Warplanes gather for a massive flyover. An unusual cargo for a Tecnam twin proves that turtles do fly. AOPA You Can Fly notches its 150th flying club to maximize fun, minimize cost. Airplanes are disappearing from the National Air and Space museum.
General aviation gives war hero a lift, a Montana teen fights fires in helicopters. AOPA Senior photographer Photographer Chris Rose shares some of his secrets for photographing airplanes in flight. A new song from Nick Hoffman of Nick's Wild Ride.
A general aviation relay hauls the mail to celebrate a postal centennial, we visit with the Civil Air Patrol crew who captured the first aerial images of New York on September 12, 2001, and a Tennessee farmer finds happiness in his Zenith homebuilt.
Warbirds over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of World War II. Also, AOPA gathered a high-profile roster of backcountry aviators to fine-tune fun for safety, and Otto Aviation unveils the Celera 500L.
Its hurricane season - what you can do to keep your airplane safe. Teens design and build their own electric ultralight. Learning to land on the grass. Inside an engine overhaul.
Dierks Bentley and Michael Goulian team up with AOPA. Teens take to the skies. Mark Baker flies your RV-10.
We fly the latest and greatest from Walter Extra, the Extra NG. Fly along with us on an aerial photo mission with the AOPA photographers. The end of an around the world odyssey. GA to the rescue in Colorado.
Armless pilot Jessica Cox stops by AOPA to fly with retired Sen. Tom Harkin, celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Rep. Ted Budd flies your AOPA Sweepstakes RV-10. Also, a mom and pop ag flying school.
A look back at Oskhosh! Highlights from EAA AirVenture coverage in previous years. Hosted by the producers of AOPA Live This Week, Warren Morningstar, Paul Harrop, and Josh Cochran.
Take a look at the Van's RV-12 as an affordable, fun tool for flight training. See the video from one viewer “stuck” in the Caribbean during the pandemic with his Aviat Husky. Check out all you can see during EAA Spirit of Aviation Week.
First flight of a new kit jet. Perfecting techniques with a POV camera. Low, slow, and retro in the Everglades. Cruising over Pittsburgh.
Flying the Goodyear Blimp. A warbird pilot tries out your sweepstakes RV-10. We salute our freedom with video our viewers have sent in.
The Beech Staggerwing and Howard DGA–15, exemplars of the best airplanes their historic era produced, renew their iconic rivalry in a modern-day fly-off. Also, a one-of-a-kind, fly-by-wire glider sets records, and two sisters solo at the same time.
A young boy with a big heart is selling craft airplanes to help others. We fly the Finger Lakes of New York in a seaplane. Catching up with one of the high school flight training scholarship winners.
Meet the Lycoming factory specialists who craft Thunderbolt engines to order, then hear how a news helicopter crew rescues a man from a river. Also, a viewer in Germany takes a Vietnam vet for a birthday flight.
Experience the SpaceX launch with the AOPA Live crew in the front row. Pilots in Hawaii team up for coronavirus pandemic relief, Virginia aviators salute health care workers, and a close look at Garmin’s newest gizmo.
We are in place at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to document the upcoming launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Take a look at the new Tecnam P2010 TDI. Also, we fly the turbocharged Bristell 915 and take flight over Lake Placid in an AirCam
Getting your mojo back after quarantine. Flying the A-10 Warthog. A vintage Cessna 140 over Chicagoland.
Whether your ideal airplane is a show-stopping beauty or toughened up to play in mud, Ragwood Refactory can make it happen. Also, meet the pilots who fly for your food, and take a look at one of the few successful flying cars.
The economics of COVID-19 on aviation, what Textron says is happening. A flowchart for the SFAR. The Blues and Birds over Baltimore. Bonanzas over NYC. A peek under Bruce's Custom Covers.
A special regulation provides relief for pilots during the coronavirus pandemic; COVID-19 guidance, by state; and one student's flight lessons make news. Also, we fly a Phenom 300E.
Fly the coast of Mexico! Three generations of women pilots, one Cessna 182. Getting grandma a copy of her long lost Pilot Certificate.
Skytypers spell out messages of unity over Los Angeles, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds honor health care workers, and Angel Flight groups join forces to deliver supplies. Also, a race car driver shares his touch-and-go in a Van’s RV-6 in Miami.
A "virtual" checkout in your AOPA Sweepstakes RV-10. How you can maintain your flying proficiency while you're housebound. We address the rumors of an air traffic control shutdown. The latest news on the Coronavirus' effect on general aviation.
One's a homebuilt, one's the most popular certificated aircraft today. Which performs better? A fly-off between your AOPA Sweepstakes RV-10 and a Cirrus SR22. A flight along the coast in an AirCam. Things you can do to keep sane while locked up.
Is it unhealthy to have passengers in your airplane? We ask an expert. AOPA is working for you during the Coronavirus pandemic. Videos to help you pass the time. Bad news for warbird fans. And the most beautiful Cessna 310 flying.
Coronavirus clobbers aviation, including our show. See how we cope. A road trip for a C-130. While you're stuck at home, how about a little dream flying to a Quebec seaplane paradise?
COVID-19 hits aviation. The latest on what's on, what's off. UPDATE - SUN 'N Fun postponed to May 5-10. We fly an attack Beechcraft, the Wolverine. What's in your cellphone may be the key to your flying motorcycle.
Goodbye canary yellow—the AOPA Sweepstakes RV-10 is fresh out of the paint shop. We show you designs for personal flying devices that competed in the GoFly Prize Final Fly Off; plus, footage of the devastation tornadoes wrought in Tennessee.
We learn that a midlife career switch might be an option thanks to the pilot shortage. An Alabama-based nonprofit honors the Tuskegee Airmen by creating opportunities for a new generation, and aviation drives learning at a Baltimore-area school.
A pilot sets a Guinness World Record in a Cessna 172. General aviation sales are strong, driven by the pilot shortage. We go flying in Maui!