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"The pilot knew the instructor well and thought he was just pretending to take a nap whilst the pilot flew the circuit," the report states A pilot thought his flight instructor was pretending when he ...

NAFI is joining AeroSummit, an aviation community-building leader, to deliver the Ascend Flight Training Summit in fall 2026.

A pilot, whose flight instructor died after takeoff, thought he was "just pretending to take a nap," according to a report from the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch. On June 29, the ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

A 57-year-old flying instructor died from a heart attack after joining a pilot on a flight in a 1978 Piper PA-28-161 plane in England. Universal Images Group via Getty Images A flight instructor died ...

A flying instructor died inflight after suffering a cardiac arrest, but his co-pilot thought he was fooling around and only realized after landing on the runway with the man slumped on his shoulder.

The co-pilot of a flying instructor who died midflight thought his co-pilot was "just joking" during the ordeal, a safety report has revealed. The incident, which happened near Blackpool Airport in ...

Catherine Cavagnaro and Ron Timmermans were inducted into the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) Flight Instructor Hall of Fame. Cavagnaro is an expert in spins and aerobatics, a ...

A flying instructor died during a private flight last year, according to a new safety report. The pilot thought his instructor was "just pretending to take a nap," before realizing he was dead. A UK ...