Pilots can now claim WINGS credit for completing PlaneEnglish’s first and free course in the FAA WINGS Program called “Radio Communications at Non-Towered Airports and Class E Airspace.” Other courses will be released soon, according to company officials.
Can’t make it to NBAA? They’ll bring it to you
The hybrid show features online content for those unable to attend the show, including more than two dozen education sessions.
Picture of the Day: Red Knight over Ontario’s West Coast
Eric Dumigan submitted this photo and note: “Todd Culver flying the Jet Aircraft Museum’s RCAF Red Knight T-33 over Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada. The Jet Aircraft Museum is based at London, Ontario, and maintains the T-33 in flying condition along with several other static jet aircraft. The photo was taken from Danny Richer’s T-28 Trojan.”
Volunteers spruce up Oregon’s Toketee State Airport
Members of the Recreational Aviation Foundation and Oregon Pilots Association volunteered to help improve the primitive camping area at Toketee State Airport.
FAA expands weather camera coverage in Colorado and Montana
The cameras, along with weather data from the equipment, give pilots critical pre-flight information, such as weather trends and from which direction bad weather is approaching.
Whirly-Girls open 2022 scholarship season
Applications are due Oct. 3, 2021, for more than $100,000 in scholarships.
Picture of the Day: Crop duster graveyard
Dan McCully submitted this photo and note: “Among a field of abandoned crop dusters at the Americus, Georgia, airport (KACJ), this airplane — a Polish PZL-106 Kruk — patiently waits for a pilot who will never return.”
Video: Hood River Fly-In
Fred Johnsen sent us this video, shot at the 2021 Hood River Fly-In. Hosted by the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum, the fly-in is laid back — no air show aerobatics, no announcer on a loud PA system — just lots of interesting and varied aircraft, brought by interesting pilots and crews who came to congregate with each other and the public. “This is friendly aviation at its best,” Fred says.
RedTail Flight Academy takes off at KSWF
Founded by the New York-based chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc., RedTail Flight Academy’s training program is a 10-month curriculum, certifying students between the ages of 18-21 with a Part 141 multi-engine commercial pilot certificate and an instrument rating.