Make sure you are prepared to fly into the big show. Read the NOTAM, practice your flying skills, and pick up some tips during two webinars the Experimental Aircraft Association is hosting in late June.
Fargo Air Museum launches flight simulator lab
Featuring two sets of controls, a yoke and joystick, with the option of virtual reality, pilots and aspiring aviators will be able to take to the sky virtually anywhere in the world. Individuals are able to choose from more than 30 aircraft to fly. Flights can be adjusted to depart and land in various destinations all while the user experiences real-time weather and air traffic conditions.
Oklahoma flying club offers private pilot scholarship
Named in honor of one of the flying club’s founders, the scholarship will cover all costs for a private pilot certificate for a high school student or young adult.
Picture of the Day: She’s waiting to fly
Joe Miller submitted this photo and note: “The sun coming up over KFLX in Fallon, Nevada, as I arrived for today’s lesson in this awesome 1975 Cessna 172. She loves flying as much as I love learning how to fly her.”
Alaska remains FAA’s proving ground for aviation safety innovations
With its challenging weather and environment, Alaska is where so many of general aviation’s safety innovations are born, including weather cameras, ADS-B, and a new technology called VWOS.
Another first in flight for Dayton
Four students became the first to earn bachelor degrees centered around aviation at a community college in Dayton, Ohio.
Free Ask ATC webinar slated
ATC Specialist Eddie Albert from Cincinnati Approach Control will be on hand to share what controllers expect from pilots, plus some tips for your next request to ATC.
Picture of the Day: Flying safari in South Africa
Gerrit Jordaan submitted this photo and note: “My wife and I both fly Bonanzas and we love doing flying safaris or fly-aways in South Africa. Nothing compares with flying formation over the Savannah plains with your friends. Flying in South Africa and Botswana is uncomplicated, but well organized. Some of the best flying weather. Game watching from the air!”
Caught on camera: A near disaster
“A summer thunderstorm in Tennessee quickly turned a very nice sunset flight into a landing nightmare,” says Jon Humberd, who captured the whole thing on video and is sharing it in the hopes that all pilots can learn something from it.