“Every pilot I’ve ever met loves to discuss their flights, keep track of them, and analyze them.”
New app helps pilots clear customs easier
“Simplifying the international customs process will give more time back to pilots to focus on other tasks and enhance the flying experience.”
Fuel starvation after maintenance leads to Mooney crash in yard
Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to conduct the flight despite the fuel gauges indicating that there was insufficient fuel for the flight, which resulted in the low amount of fuel in the right tank
Picture of the Day: A dragon visits AirVenture
John Dowd submitted the following photo and note: “Puff, the dragon, visited EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 25, 2019. Of course the world’s largest and most ancient flyer would want to visit the world’s largest fly in. Some might say it is “anthropomorphism,” but they’d be wrong. The photo was taken by the Ultralight Barn.” […]
Weather doesn’t dampen enthusiasm at Young Aviators Fly-In
The three-day event included career seminars, Young Eagle flights, cookouts, free camping, and more.
Record year for Oshkosh
A number of records were broken at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019.
Young Eagles pilot tops 3,150 flights
Bob Epting of Chapel Hill, N.C., has flown Young Eagles for a quarter of a century — almost since the inception of the program in 1992. He’s flown 3,150 Young Eagles flights, which ranks him No. 4 out of 55,000 volunteer pilots worldwide. Many of the children he’s flown are burn victims from local hospitals. […]
Unleaded avgas for sale at KSQL
KSQL is the first airport in California to offer Swift’s unleaded avgas.
VFR into IMC fatal for two
Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to take off at night and continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. which resulted in the pilot becoming spatially disoriented and losing control of the airplane. Contributing to the