One of our favorite Picture of the Day contributors, Geremy D. Kornreich, sent in this photo of a pair of Piper Comanches waiting for the morning fog to lift in Tulare, California, on Jan. 31, 2018. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All […]
Trust but verify redux
I flew co-pilot on a 19-seat turboprop during my airline pilot rookie year. One hot summer day, we landed at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (KROA), deplaned our passengers, and loaded up 19 more. We didn’t take on any more fuel because we needed to be as light as possible for the windy, high, hot and humid […]
B-52 takes to the freeways
SEATTLE — After 26 years of open storage at Paine Field, Everett, the Museum of Flight‘s 1959 Boeing B-52 bomber will be moved to the museum’s West Campus at Boeing Field in Seattle in early June. Not flight worthy, the plane was disassembled for shipment and most of the parts were recently delivered to the […]
Clay Lacy hosts 1,500 students for Van Nuys Airport Aviation Career Day
LOS ANGELES — Clay Lacy Aviation recently hosted 1,500 high school students at the 13th Annual Aviation Career Day at Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) in Los Angeles. Called “The Sky Is the Limit,” the event is co-sponsored by Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez, Los Angeles World Airports, and the nonprofit Valley Economic Alliance, and supported […]
$21,000 for flight training scholarships
Six scholarship applicants — four young men and two young women — will be earning their private pilot license this summer aided by the Bremerton Pilots Association’s matching funds program. This represents more than $42,000 in revenue to the local FBO, Avian Flight Center, at the Bremerton National Airport in Washington state, association officials say. […]
Snap-on now offers Structural Sheetmetal Assembly certification
Snap-on has expanded its Tools for Life technical education program by offering Structural Sheetmetal Assembly certification, according to company officials. The Structural Sheetmetal Assembly is just one of many certification courses developed by Snap-on. Technical schools and training centers across the country offer specialized Snap-on Certifications in disciplines such as torque, diagnostics, vehicle information systems, […]
Vacuum pump failure fatal for three
The instrument-rated pilot was conducting a personal cross-county flight and was operating on an instrument flight rules flight plan. While he was flying in visual conditions between cloud layers at 7,000′ and heading toward the destination airport, he reported to air traffic control that the Beech V35 had experienced a vacuum pump failure and that […]
Pilot Perspectives: Randy Brooks
By DEREK ROBERTS. With more than 13,000 hours of flight time, Randall Brooks has had one of those varied and interesting careers that most aviators can only dream of. Gliders, biplanes, corporate aircraft, executive jets, retired Russian military trainers — if it has wings, Randy knows how to fly it. The son of an Air […]
Belite adds metal wing option for Chipper, cuts build time
WICHITA – The Chipper STOL, a two-place experimental amateur-built aircraft kit from Belite Enterprises, now has a metal wing option for $1,320 and 15 extra pounds. According to company officials, the metal wing option reduces build time and drag and improves performance. The metal skins are bonded by the builder, which may be done in […]