Commercial pilot’s licenses are often what is thought of when discussing aviation jobs, but private pilot’s do have options to make money too. [Credit: iStock] A Private Pilot's License (PPL) permits ...

Bryan Bedford, the Trump administration's pick to head the Federal Aviation Administration, acknowledged this week that he does not have a commercial pilot's license, despite having claimed for years ...

Not everyone is cut out for university. But that’s OK, because there are less expensive, more targeted alternatives. You can learn a profession as an apprentice or intern, you can go to trade school ...

Organizations like the FAA sometimes use “license” and “certificate” interchangeably on their website, but the official term for a piece of paper that gives you the legal right to fly an aircraft is, ...

Specialization has long been important in the field of aviation, particularly when it comes to how aircraft are used. For example, although helicopters like the Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk are both ...

The North Dakota state senator who died alongside his wife and two young children in a plane crash in Utah over the weekend had recently earned his commercial pilot’s license and aspired to fly for a ...

EDIE: A SACRAMENTO-AREA FATHER AND DAUGHTER ARE CELEBRATING TWO MAJOR MILESTONES. THE DAD IS JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY FROM RETIRING AFTER OVER 40 YEARS AS A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PIT. AND HIS 17-YEAR-OLD ...