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, ...

FAA regulations do not prohibit solo stalls and ground reference maneuvers for student pilots who have received proper training and endorsement under 14 CFR § 61.87. Flight schools and instructors can ...

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’ ...

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.

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 ...

A spring 2025 graduate of Hillman High School, John Ruthko, 19, soloed an aircraft for his first time at 11:10 a.m. Thursday.

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 ...