As the Civil Air Patrol enters the second year of its COVID-19 operations, officials take stock of the ongoing mission, including helping at vaccine sites, donating blood, delivering food, test kits, and vaccines, and much more.
Oshkosh camping experience prize in Pilot Your Own Adventure contest
To win, you must write up to 1,000 words about flying in a general aviation aircraft to a unique adventure. Deadline for entries is June 1, 2021.
Handbook for G3000 and G5000 glass cockpits released
Max Trescott, the 2008 National Flight Instructor of the Year, uses a narrative approach to explain the G3000 and G5000 from a pilot’s perspective in ways that both beginners and experts can understand.
Picture of the Day: Loadstar and Roadster
Reb Stimson submitted this photo and note: “A Lockheed Loadstar and a 1934 Ford Roadster in Fort Worth, Texas.”
Fabric from first Wright Flyer on Mars
In 1969, the Wright family gave Neil Armstrong a piece of the 1903 flyer fabric to take with him to the Moon. In 1998, Carillon Park and the family gave John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, a piece of the fabric to take with him on his flight in the Space Shuttle.
Demand spikes for recruiting employees as aviation industry recovers from pandemic
Demand for direct-hire recruiting services in the aviation industry is on the rise, so much so that Aviation Search Group, a 20-year-old firm that specializes in the aviation industry, had to hire more recruiters.
FAA updates bank of sample test questions
The bank of sample Airman Knowledge Test Questions is being updated March 29, 2021.
Picture of the Day: The heart of Florida
Ivy Harper submitted this photo and note: “A heart-shaped lake near George T Lewis Airport (KCDK) in Cedar Key, Florida.”
100 years and counting…
Almost 100 years old, Alice Griffin is a long-term volunteer at the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio. Over the past 20 years, she’s donated more than 2,000 hours of volunteer time at the hall of fame, in addition to other volunteer work she has done in the Dayton community.