First solo cross-country flights should ideally be to airports previously visited with an instructor, allowing for demonstration of PIC abilities and navigation skills (pilotage, dead reckoning, ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A local nonprofit is taking action to show teens in the Valley that the sky is not the limit for their dreams. As he geared up, 17-year-old Josiah Bohanon talked about doing ...

UNR Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program in Moapa Valley launched a youth aviation club last fall to spark students’ ...

The teen pilot spoke out about the safe landing amid dangerous situation. A teenage pilot who successfully landed her small plane after losing a wheel on her first-ever solo flight said she "freaked ...

Allyssa Metz, a 16-year-old from Sandusky County, completed her first solo flight on her birthday after earning her pilot's license this summer.

Question: I'm training to be a CFI, and I'm wondering how you know when your learners are ready to go on their first solo cross-country flight? I know about cFAR 61.87 that covers solo requirements ...