Galin Hernandez submitted the following photo and note: “My 6-year-old granddaughter Lilly loves to go to our St. Augustine Airport (KSGJ) hangar and watch airplanes taking off and landing. Here she watches a local C172 departing Runway 31.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it […]
Narrow Deck vs. Wide Deck engines revisited
Our engines expert reveals how to tell the difference between a narrow deck and wide deck engine.
Video: Flying his new plane home
The new owner of a 1966 Cessna 150 documents his flight home.
FAA dedicates new Atlanta Flight Operations Facility
The FAA has opened its new Atlanta Flight Operations Facility at Cobb County International Airport in Kennesaw, Georgia.
STC approved for 5-blade propeller on Cessna 208 and 208B Blackhawk
MT-Propeller has received an FAA STC for the next generation 5-blade Quiet Fan Jet propeller on the Cessna 208 and 208B Blackhawk with Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A and Pratt & Whitney PT6A-140 engines.
Fourth edition of ‘Fly The Wing’ released
Just released is “Fly the Wing,” a book that covers everything pilots need to acquire an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate.
Fuel starvation ends ag pilot’s first flight in a nose over
Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Picture of the Day: More than SUN ‘n FUN
Rick Garcia, president of Lakeland, Florida-based Gulf Coast Avionics, flies his Seneca II over Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL). “While Lakeland Linder is home to the annual SUN ‘n FUN fly-in, it is also much more,” he said. “The Central Florida Aerospace Academy, the Aerospace Center for Excellence, NOAA Hurricane Hunters, Polk State College, flight […]
Human Factors: Fuel mismanagement
One of my nephews is really keen on becoming a pilot. I had some time over the summer, so I committed to flying a Piper Twin Comanche up to his hometown, taking him flying over to the coast, and flying back with a lesson involved. The flight from Wilmington, Delaware, to Cape May, N.J., proceeded […]