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Is Flying Safer Than Driving? The Truth About General Aviation

Pilot Institute

1] But does this hold true for private planes and personal flights? These flights, known as General Aviation (GA), have reached historically low accident rates. We’ve done extensive research to compare General Aviation accident rates to driving. fatalities per 100,000 flight hours. [3]

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Flight planning for a weekend getaway

Flight Training Central

If there is more than one FBO, do all accept general aviation aircraft? A phone call or email to the FBO can answer these questions before the flight, helping to eliminate any stress after you arrive. Are hangars available if the weather becomes an issue? Is a reservation required for your arrival?

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More Than Just a Pretty Face

AV Web

When people talk about flying, general aviation always comes in third behind military and airline flight. It could be that our brand of flight is so interwoven with the world – that we have become background noise in a world filled with noise. These places are called general aviation airports.

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Extend downwind for an arriving flight of two

Air Facts

Like many, I had periods of sporadic flight time over the decades, but I had been flying consistently for the past 15 years. Mark’s passion for general aviation endured, despite not logging many hours since the ’80s. ” Yet, her passion for general aviation remained.

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Pie in the Sky: In Pursuit of the ‘$300 Pizza’

Flying Magazine

Courtesy: Kevin Cortes] We grabbed an Aspen Flying Club Cessna 172S from Colorado Air and Space Port (KCFO), where filing the flight plan and preflight checks went off without a hitch under clear skies. Aspen Flying Club Cessna 172S at KCFO. Alexis Cunningham (left) and Kevin Cortes en route to Colorado Plains Regional Airport.

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High-Tech One Upmanship

Air Facts

Now, instead of showing up in flight ops and finding my flight planning had all been done for me by my dispatcher, I was now the dispatcher. KMPO is an non-towered field as are several other places I fly to and from on an IFR flight plan. My learning curve was not steep , it was vertical!

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Chairman’s Note * Madrid’s First Premium GA Hangar at LEMD!

Universal Weather

Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are extremely excited to share that Universal Aviation Spain will develop Madrids first premium general aviation hangar at Barajas Airport (LEMD). This project addresses many of the operational challenges youve been facing and is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2026.

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