Whether you’re a student pilot preparing for your first FAA knowledge test, an airline pilot reviewing operational requirements, or an aviation mechanic researching maintenance regulations, one thing is certain: knowing where to find the right information matters. The Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) and FAA guidance publications provide the foundation for
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At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Thursday, July 23, 2026, the FAA announced that it is moving forward with Mobile Clearance, a digital system that will allow general and business aviation pilots to request IFR departure clearances through participating electronic flight bag and flight-planning applications.
For many
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This week the ASA team is off to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to attend EAA AirVenture 2026. If you are planning to make it this year, be sure to visit us at Booth 71 in Aviation Gateway Park (rather than our previous Hanger B location). Look for our new blue exhibit trailer sporting the ASA logo. You’ll find the ASA crew and a display
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It’s a clear Saturday in July. You and your instructor have the airplane fueled, the weather looks good, and the plan is simple: a short cross-country, a fuel stop, maybe lunch, and back before the afternoon storms start building. It’s a route you know well.
During the final preflight check,
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Let’s continue our examination of the E6-B flight computer. As a reminder, an E6-B has two main parts: (1) a circular slide rule side for quick calculations; and (2) a wind side for computing groundspeed and wind correction angle. A previous post discussed the
Aviators make specific and crucial calculations before, during, and after flights, and they often use an E6-B flight computer to make these calculations easier. In this series, we’ll focus on how to use an E6-B, a mechanical, nonelectronic flight computer. This aviation slide rule uses rotating
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is rolling out a new NOTAM system called the NOTAM Management Service (NMS). Most of the changes are happening behind the scenes, but the system still matters any time you check NOTAMs before a flight.
The FAA isn’t changing what NOTAMs
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If you currently fly a drone—whether recreationally or under Part 107—it’s worth taking a look at how FAA drone enforcement is changing.
For a long time, the FAA leaned heavily on its compliance program for unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). If something went wrong and wasn’t intentional or dangerous, the focus
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