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AOPA believes the health of general aviation depends on the health of our members. Pilots are a hearty breed, but even the heartiest among us can sometimes be grounded for medical issues. That’s why AOPA has created The AOPA Medical Services Program. This new effort has been designed to help pilots stay healthy, keep their medical certificates, and extend their flying years.

As announced a month ago, Hawker Beechcraft has moved ahead with a plan to close its Salina, Kan., facility that fabricates wings, spars, and subassemblies.

AOPA President Craig Fuller met with a group of Democratic governors Nov. 9 in Philadelphia to encourage the leaders to invest in their states' aviation infrastructure.

Famed mountain flying instructor and author Sparky Imeson died earlier this year after crashing into trees during low-level flight, according to the final report by the NTSB.

The Commemorative Air Force has lost its appeal of a court decision that returns its rare North American P–82 Twin Mustang to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

Pilots, here’s your chance to help Santa Claus with his financial doldrums: Ask for that Garmin GNS 430 or 530 this year rather than next.

Local allies working with AOPA can play a vital role in successfully protecting aviation, and AOPA Aviation Summit provided a perfect opportunity to establish a better working relationship with those at the state level.

AOPA on Nov. 12 joined stakeholders from across the aviation spectrum at a forum convened by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, at which the secretary announced the creation of the Federal Advisory Committee on the Future of Aviation.

Cirrus Design has told the Duluth News-Tribune that it must lay off 58 workers due to seasonal adjustments in the workforce.

He has flown in formation with boats, motorcycles, cars, and even a horse. He has doubled for Roger Moore and Catherine Zeta-Jones. J.W. "Corkey" Fornof is the authority on aerial film productions.

We’re not sure the connection, but pilots seem to be dog people even more than, well, regular people are dog people. And being such dog people, pilots need creative holiday gifts for Rover, and a couple of companies are happy to oblige.

Pilots whose medical application is deferred wait in anticipation for a decision from the FAA that can determine their flying future. The wait can be nerve-wracking.

Members of the Senate have joined together to voice the importance of passing a long-term FAA funding bill (S.1451) before the end of the year.

AOPA and NAFI on Nov. 7 launched a program to demonstrate to flight instructors the value in and importance of belonging to both organizations.

In the wake of a Nov. 6 accident involving a Zodiac CH601XL, the FAA issued a special airworthiness information bulletin recommending that before further flight the aircraft be brought into compliance with a forthcoming safety directive/safety alert from Aircraft Manufacturing & Design, which manufactures the airplanes. AMD will post the directive on its Web site.

The NetJets pilots union, the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots, has received notice that NetJets Aviation plans to furlough 495 pilots possibly in mid-January.

Piper CEO Kevin J. Gould will assume the company’s presidency effective Dec. 1.

Two Formula 1 racers that competed in the forty-sixth annual National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev., were on display at Peter O. Knight Airport during AOPA Aviation Summit's Airportfest.

Air medical services company Omniflight Helicopters Inc. and Appareo Systems LLC, a provider of lightweight flight data monitoring (FDM), flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) tools, and custom engineering services, announced that Omniflight has committed to adding Appareo’s Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety (ALERTS) system to a number of its aircraft.

Three vintage aircraft are on display at AOPA Aviation Summit's Airportfest - including the 1936 Lockheed 12A Electra Junior used in the movie "Amelia."