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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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Vietnam Vets reunited with their Huey. Pattern work in a TBM sim. Surprising dad with a flight after 22 years.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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The 2020 Arsenal of Democracy Flyover was planned to mark 75 years since victory in World War Two.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
The High School STEM Symposium goes virtual. Flight Design's new F2. Looking to electric cars for the future of electric aviation.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Flying cars are coming back. We go "flamping." How you can be a STOL star. The AOPA app gets even better.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Dierks Bentley and Michael Goulian team up with AOPA. Teens take to the skies. Mark Baker flies your RV-10.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Aspen Avionics is acquired. Learn how to hand prop. Sirius XM music in your airplane.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
First flight of a new kit jet. Perfecting techniques with a POV camera. Low, slow, and retro in the Everglades. Cruising over Pittsburgh.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Flying the Goodyear Blimp. A warbird pilot tries out your sweepstakes RV-10. We salute our freedom with video our viewers have sent in.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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 AirCamBy Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Getting your mojo back after quarantine. Flying the A-10 Warthog. A vintage Cessna 140 over Chicagoland.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Fly the coast of Mexico! Three generations of women pilots, one Cessna 182. Getting grandma a copy of her long lost Pilot Certificate.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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?By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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!By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Watch what happens when a gifted team takes a stock Cessna 175 and turns it “experimental” to make amazing upgrades as affordable as can be. Also, take a trip to Catalina Island, and hear how the Coronavirus is impacting aviation.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Spinning to safety. The one control input that could save your life. Flying through a tropical paradise. AOPA advocates for an easier and cheaper IPC. And flying to the Martian landscape of the Trona Pinnacles in California's Mojave Desert.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
The latest on the helicopter accident that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others. We have reports from the Helicopter Association International convention. Seaplane flying at a reasonable price. Military overhead approach works for civilians too.By Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
