As a child, airplanes fascinated me — I was taken by their gravity-defying magic, their technical wonders, their sleek designs, and the adventures they unlocked. I dreamed of flying one myself.

“We’re going to be in the Hudson.” It was Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger announcing they were going to dead stick US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River. It is a story most of us are ...

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Learning to talk on the radio and be comfortable with it is one of the more challenging aspects of learning to fly. Most pilots fall into one of two camps: If they trained at a towered airport, they ...

It's possible to become a U.S. certified pilot in just 12 days. With the help of certified flight instructor Etian Contreras, left, Matt Sloane, right, earned a special light sport pilot certificate, ...