This incident highlights the importance of CFIs setting a good example in the air and on the ground. The pilot of the Pipistrel could have gone around early, made professional radio calls, and conducted a friendly debriefing on the ground.
Picture of the Day: End of duty in the desert skies
Anas sedek Abas submitted this photo and note: “A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter parked for the night after a busy a day.”
Habitat for Aviation: Learning by doing
Beth White of Milton, Vermont, created a habitat using aviation to nurture an environment where young women do more than thrive. What Beth has brought to life with Habitat for Aviation’s Women Build Planes program is amazing. Her program does more than build airplanes — it introduces women and girls to commitment, connections, and community.
WMI Expands Atmospheric Research with SPEC Purchase
The acquisition is part of WMI’s strategy to strengthen its capabilities in atmospheric measurement and research, integrating SPEC into its group of aviation and engineering companies.
Avflight begins construction on new FBO at KDET
The multimillion-dollar project includes a 5,000-square-foot FBO terminal, a 20,000-square-foot heated hangar, and an attached 1,440-square-foot parking garage at Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport (KDET).
Spacesuit engineer headlines Aviation Museum of N.H., event
If you have an interest in how spacesuits are made, this even may be of interest to you.
Oil starvation brings down homebuilt
Probable Cause: Oil starvation of the propeller speed reduction unit which resulted in a total loss of engine power.
Picture of the Day: In the soup above Monterey California Bay
Keith Gray submitted this photo and note: “A beautiful day flying around the Monterey Bay in California doing IFR currency approaches in between the marine and upper cloud layers. Here we about to intercept the glide slope into the Watsonville airport. I was flying in the right seat as the safety pilot helping a friend out in his Cirrus SR-22G3 Turbo rocketing along admiring God’s beautiful skies. It turned out to be a great day to fly.”
Everything flows from belief
The Montgolfier brothers, Joseph-Michel and Jacque-Étienne watched the smoke rise and surmised the smoke itself could be the secret to human flight.