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, ...

Before Savannah Lipinski rides on her first commercial flight, she plans on earning a pilot’s license. The Northwestern High School senior has already begun flying solo in a Cessna 172, a major ...

Becoming a helicopter pilot requires obtaining a private pilot certificate (minimum age 17, FAA medical certificate needed), followed by a commercial pilot certificate for paid work. An airline ...

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 ...

If you're passionate about flying and air travel and want to secure a potentially lucrative job, obtaining a helicopter pilot license can be worth it. Many career paths in aviation await you as a ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker who died in a plane crash along with his wife and two young sons had recently received his commercial pilot's license with hopes of one day working for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

OF COMMERCIAL PILOTS IN THE U.S. ARE WOMEN, AND THAT NUMBER DROPS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER FOR BLACK WOMEN. BUT SO MANY OF THESE PILOTS ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THE FACE OF AVIATION. WESH 2’S SHELDON DUTES IS ...