AOPA Live This Week

We climb aboard a rescue flight with one dog and 13 cats, then visit with an author who painstakingly researched a 1962 ditching in the stormy North Atlantic. Also, see the new HondaJet Elite S and take a scenic Bonanza flight over Washington.

VRM Switzerland's certified virtual reality helicopter simulator. 124 flight training scholarships. Honoring the late Mike Collins. Flying a factory-new Cessna 150.

We take a look at an award-winning Cessna 150 that appears factory fresh yet faithfully vintage, ride with a hot air balloon-flying family, and catch up with a new private pilot whose career involves explaining astrophysics.

Two Bonanza pilots launch together, one is going around the North Pole, the other is going around the world. The future of air mobility, and why airports are critical to it. Getting back together after the pandemic.

Winning a SIC type rating in a B-25 Mitchell Bomber. Spot landing in TBM single engine turboprops. Remembering Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins.

An electric twin to compete with the King Air is announced. A quick visit to the newest airport in the solar system. It's a great job with a lot of challenges; aerial photography in the highly restricted airspace around Washington DC.

The first major airshow in over a year! We report from Sun 'n Fun 2021. An AOPA Live exclusive: Oklahoma investigators arrest a woman accused of ripping off pilots seeking medical certificates.

See why airspeed is no longer relevant if you can visualize angle of attack, a data recording retrofit for your airplane. The NTSB updates its list of most-wanted safety improvements. Meet Virgin Galactic's Spaceship III.

A checkout in an iconic amphib, the Grumman Widgeon. Eating our way through Chicago foods. Shooting an IFR approach down to almost minimums in the mountains. A special pilot turns 100.

A warm welcome on a grass strip, with a museum to boot. A nonprofit has set up aircraft builds in many high schools where students learn to fly what they fabricate. NTSB wants more regulation of air tours and balloon rides. Piper CEO steps down.