Join me on my journey to becoming an airline pilot as I fly solo in the Diamond 40 for the first time. Reflecting on my experience as a student pilot during my integrated flight training in 2012 at ...

Achieving the first solo requires students to take ownership of their training by researching FAR 61.87 requirements and understanding that initial instruction primarily occurs in designated practice ...

Most high school students would be sitting in class at 9 a.m. on a Tuesday, but not 16-year-old Alcoa student Natalie Crisp. She was up in the air, completing her first solo flight with AvZ Flight ...

Stepping into Saudia’s First Class Suites felt like entering a private hotel room in the sky – and I had it all to myself. In this video, I take you inside the full experience of flying solo in one of ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A local nonprofit is taking action to show teens in the Valley that the sky is not the limit for their dreams. As he geared up, 17-year-old Josiah Bohanon talked about doing ...

One recent cloudy morning, Maya Ghazal climbed into the cockpit of a tiny plane at an airfield west of London, checked the controls and taxied to the end of the runway. Just 20 years old, she was ...

SANDUSKY COUNTY, Ohio — While most 16-year-olds are learning how to drive, one is learning how to fly. Allyssa Metz has been logging flight hours since she was nine. Just last month, the sophomore ...

SALINA, Kan. Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett took off Monday night on his attempt to become the first person to complete a solo trip around the world in an airplane without making a single stop.

HUDSON — Seated alone in the cockpit of a two-seat Cessna 152, Ava Noel ticked off items on her preflight checklist: seatbelt, lights, radio, navigation. Then she approached the runway at Columbia ...

BLOOMINGTON — When 16-year-old Landon Wachter took off in small, single-engine plane by himself, his mother said she was not nervous. "They wouldn't let him go up if he wasn't ready for it," Marla ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- A pilot passed out while on his first solo flight, but he somehow managed to land the plane safely at John Wayne Airport. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. Wednesday.