The team flies twin Yak-55s.
CFIT fatal for four
Probable cause: The pilot’s controlled flight into terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to fly at low altitude in close proximity to the rising terrain.
Picture of the Day: Power Off 180
JT LaGrange submitted the following photo and note: “Performing a power off 180 during commercial training at Lebanon Municipal Airport (M54) in Tennessee in a Piper Arrow. Believe it or not, as high as it looks, I hit the captain’s bars right on.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the […]
Building the next generation, one kid at a time
Long before the current shortages of pilots, mechanics, and other related positions in the aviation industry, officials with Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 set out to introduce young people to aviation. Based at Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) in Florida, the chapter’s youth program began informally about five years ago with the Boy Scouts. For a […]
Video: P-51 Mustang vs. Yakovlev Yak-3
A recently posted video to YouTube compares a P-51 Mustang and a Yak-3, which both performed at the same airshow. What do you think? Which aircraft is better?
60,000 Young Eagles in virtual pilot school
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Officials with the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program, which has provided more than 2.1 million free flight experiences to kids, has hit another milestone: 60,000 of those Young Eagles have enrolled in Sporty’s Learn to Fly course, offered free to the kids. The Sporty’s Learn to Fly course […]
Win cash at Oshkosh to help install ADS-B
The Aircraft Electronics Association will randomly award five aircraft owners with $1,000 toward an ADS-B compliant upgrade during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture Oshkosh, July 22-28. This is the sixth-consecutive year that AEA has made the $1,000 award available to five aircraft owners. Aircraft owners may enter to win one of the five $1,000 awards […]
Wrong flap setting leads to crash
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to set the wing flaps to the “takeoff” position, which resulted in a longer-than-normal takeoff run and collision with terrain.
Picture of the day: Dreams of flight
Megan Vande Voort sent in this photo, with a note: “Sullivan, 10, dreams of flying the Pietenpol at First Ditch in Minnesota.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in for Picture of the Day are also considered for […]