All pilots require an FAA medical certificate, categorized into three classes (First, Second, and Third), each with varying privileges. Obtaining a certificate involves completing an online ...

Q: I’d like to complete my private pilot certificate—I’m disabled with my left foot shortened by 7 cm following a minor accident in 2007, with both hands and feet still in perfect condition. Is there ...

The Federal Aviation Administration will likely extend its medical certificate exception for an unspecificed amount of time, after government coronavirus lockdown orders made it difficult for pilots ...

Starting May 1, general aviation pilots who meet certain requirements may qualify to fly without holding Federal Aviation Administration medical certificates. The new BasicMed process promises to be ...

All students planning to begin flight training at Saint Louis University must hold a current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical certificate. Proof of your holding a current first or ...

LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) — Saturday will mark the sixth anniversary of the tragic loss of 16 lives when a hot air balloon, whose pilot was under the influence, crashed into a power line in Lockhart. It ...

A federal jury has convicted OLUKAYODE ADURAGBENRO OJO, 36, of Dallas, TX, of two counts of making a false statement to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to obtain a medical certificate ...

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Monday that would force the Federal Aviation ...

The United States Federal Aviation Administration initially declined to issue Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz a “medical certificate” in 2010 because of concerns about his history of depression, ...

The pilot of the private plane that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island Saturday was an instrument-rated commercial pilot licensed to fly multi-engine planes, according to FAA records. Jon ...

TRUCKEE, Calif. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A pilot killed in a plane crash outside of Truckee was flying with an expired medical certificate, according to a spokesman with the Federal Aviation Administration ...

Aiming to prevent further tragedies similar to the fatal hot air balloon crash that killed 16 people near Lockhart in 2016, an Austin congressman won passage of legislation Friday in the U.S. House ...