All I Really Need To Know I Learned From Flying Airplanes

Here’s an awesome poem by AOPA Av8rs member Laura Wilson as her first assignment in her 8th Grade Language Arts class this year: All I really need to know about how to live a
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NASA’s ‘Mighty Eagle’ Robotic Prototype Lander Takes 100-Foot Free Flight

With a whistle and a roar, the “Mighty Eagle,” a NASA robotic prototype lander, sailed to an altitude of 100 feet during another successful free flight Aug. 28 at NASA&
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AOPA FlyQ Weather & Flight Planning App Now Available For Android Smartphones

AOPA FlyQ Pocket puts powerful, smart preflight planning in the palm of your hand. Available for iPhone and Android smartphones, this app delivers airport directory information, av
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Flying in a First Class Private Suite Aboard an Emirates Airbus A380

On April 30, 2011 Volterrific treated himself to a First Class Suite on Emirates Airlines A380 Super Jumbo from Bangkok to Hong Kong and vlogged his experiance. The newest, biggest
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Boeing AH-64 Apache Helicopter Surpasses 3.5 Million Flight Hours

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Team Apache suppliers worldwide are applauding the news that the U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter fleet has surpassed 3.5 million flight hours. The Army̵
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Apollo Astronauts Tour Altair Lunar Lander Mockups in 2008

by Travis Baldwin, Industrial Designer — Bristol, United Kingdom Apollo Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Gene Cernan, John Young, and Harrison Schmitt tour the Altair lunar lander human
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Stuntman Troy Hartman Performs Aerial Jet Pack Test

  Troy Hartman is a professional aerial stuntman, BASE jumper and inventor. He is an X Games gold medalist for skysurfing and accomplished television host for many shows, most
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George Hickman Jr. dies, original Tuskegee airman

George Hickman Jr., one of the original Tuskegee airmen and a longtime usher at University of Washington and Seattle Seahawks games, died Sunday in Seattle. He was 88. Hickman was
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Cessna Citation TEN Achieves Mach .935, Fastest Civil Aircraft

  Cessna’s Citation Ten regains prominence as the fastest civil aircraft in the world with an increase of its maximum speed to Mach .935. Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron In
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Joe Engle Recalls the Legacy of the X-15 Rocket Plane

By Jay Levine, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center On the eve of one of NASA’s major space science milestones – the landing of its Mars Science Lab Curiosity rover on the red
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