Organizations like the FAA sometimes use “license” and “certificate” interchangeably on their website, but the official term for a piece of paper that gives you the legal right to fly an aircraft is, ...

Specialization has long been important in the field of aviation, particularly when it comes to how aircraft are used. For example, although helicopters like the Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk are both ...

Not everyone is cut out for university. But that’s OK, because there are less expensive, more targeted alternatives. You can learn a profession as an apprentice or intern, you can go to trade school ...

Between academics and aeronautics, Ethan Roebuck has worked double time to earn his private pilot’s license. When Ethan Roebuck was a young boy, his grandfather introduced him to aviation. The Frazier ...

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 ...

FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - The goal for a group of Florence 1 students is to become pilots while in high school. WMBF News shared this story with you a few months ago as the students took their ...

Ryan Garner made history by becoming one of the youngest pilots in the country. The 17-year-old from Indian Trail, N.C. recently obtained his private pilot license. Garner is also the first Black ...

MALDEN, Mo. (KFVS) - Just one out of 3,000 people in Missouri have a private pilot’s license and you won’t find too many who are teenagers. But one high schooler from the Bootheel is aiming high. At ...

If you're passionate about flying and air travel and want to secure a potentially lucrative job, obtaining a helicopter pilot license can be worth it. Many career paths in aviation await you as a ...

Eva Lucas started her formal pilot training at 19 and got her commercial license at 21. Lucas, now 23, is a private pilot flying a Gulfstream jet across the world. She says the money is good and she's ...