See a mistake? Contact us. All pilots fear mid-air collisions (MACs), even though they’re relatively rare. The AOPA Air Safety Institute’s 2011 Nall Report, an annual look-see at general aviation’s ...

The article advocates for the "circular pattern" (continuous turning approach) as a safer and more efficient alternative to the traditional rectangular traffic pattern, drawing on its long-standing ...

Have you ever noticed hurricane hunters’ flight patterns shown by meteorologists on TV look like random, odd shapes? Those flight patterns may look like boxes or stars, but they serve specific ...