Aviation news and analysis with Tower. FAA policy changes, industry trends, safety data, and what the headlines mean for the pilots who fly every day.
A fatal Bell 206 crash near Sifnos, Greece highlights the risks and safety practices every pilot flying single-engine over water must know.
Radio Hangar explores A Legend Reborn, Catalina Aircraft and the Return of a World War Two Flying Boat Name.
A NetJets Citation Longitude landed nose-gear-up at Akron-Canton on Aug 18, 2025, and everyone walked away unharmed.
Amazon plans nearly 500 US cities for Prime Air drone delivery by end of 2026 - here's what it means for pilots flying low.
A commercial student's frustration with ground time reveals a bigger lesson: reclaim wasted minutes, never the inspection itself.
National Aviation Day falls on August 19 each year, marking Orville Wright's birthday and celebrating a century-plus of powered flight.
Northrop Grumman's E-2D Hawkeye Block II upgrade cleared Critical Design Review, signaling the open-architecture future shaping all of aviation.
Seven people, including five Americans, died in an EC130 helicopter crash in northern Kenya - here's what pilots should know.
The FAA flagged runway alignment concerns at Lake Chelan Airport, sending its master plan back for revision over terrain and wind safety.
A modified Swift Three glider completed its first piloted flight using Whisper Aero's ultra-quiet electric propulsion, targeting aviation's biggest threat: noise.
American Airlines is reinstalling seatback screens, reversing its bet that passengers' own phones and tablets were good enough.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford opposes closing Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport, and grant assurances mean the city can't simply shut it down.
BETA Technologies launched a three-week electric aircraft flight test campaign at Galveston's Scholes International Airport.
FAR 91.119 sets minimum safe altitudes: 1,000 ft over congested areas, 500 ft elsewhere, and a 500-ft bubble over open terrain.
A Cirrus Vision Jet suffered a gear collapse attempting takeoff on a closed runway - here's how the safety layers fail and how to avoid it.
AOPA profiles Doug Taylor, cofounder of Avtopia, a new platform built to solve general aviation's oldest problem: connection.
Electra's EL2 hybrid-electric demonstrator uses blown lift to take off and land in a couple hundred feet, promising new access to small fields.
PGA Tour pro Maverick McNealy uses a Cirrus to compress two-day travel into two-hour flights, redistributing time back to his family.
AOPA's 'Sketch for Mastery' tip says drawing your aircraft's systems from memory reveals the knowledge gaps that matter most in an emergency.
Investigators are examining a possible brake malfunction after a Vietnam Airlines 787-9 struggled to slow on landing at Munich - here's what pilots should learn.