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February 1, 2025
The AOPA media team produces the magazine stories you read here; videos to accompany those stories; fantastic photography; and reels and long-form videos on our Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok accounts.
Nate Hauser, owner of the "Preacher's Vagabond," poses for a photo with AOPA Senior Photographer David Tulis at the annual Benton (Pennsylvania) Airport fly-in and pig roast. @dtulis Day in the Life of an Aviation Journalist. Content Producer Niki Britton and the AOPA team visit the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and catch a ride with Montana-based Endeavor Ballooning. @jamal_warner Aircraft Walkaround series. Frederick, Maryland-based CFI Frank Noe shares why he chose the certified AutoGyro with its Rotax 915 engine. @jaketeaguephoto The AOPA team attended the delivery of a brand-new Cirrus SR22T to owner Tim Hicks at the aircraft company's Knoxville facility. @sumwalk736 Video manager Josh Cochran gets up close and personal with the BlackFly electric "flying car" in coastal Delaware as 87-year-old pilot John Chirtea prepares to take off. @sumwalk736 Training series. CFI Bob "Rooster" Schmidle talks about the importance of spin training and shows a prospective CFI how to recover from spins and unusual attitudes in a Pitts S-2B. @_joshcochran

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