Jim Thomas submitted this picture for Picture of the Day. “Air to air shot of a Scout on its way back home to Oklahoma from Nova Scotia. Taken from my 1950 Cessna 170 in August, 2017.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this […]
Pilot Perspectives: Rod Machado
By DEREK ROBERTS. “You can make people cry or you can make them laugh.” A quip, by longtime CFI and renowned aviation author Rod Machado that almost perfectly encapsulates his unique and identifiable style. As any reader of Machado’s can attest, his material — seven books, countless articles, and dozens of videos — is as […]
What happens if I have an accident?
A recent post from insurance company Global Aerospace details what you should do if you are involved in an aircraft accident. It’s full of tips that can help all aircraft owners. What Can Trigger a Claim? Most aircraft insurance policies respond to two types of claims: Those that involve physical damage to the insured aircraft […]
Analysts predict majority of commercial drone flights will be autonomous by 2022
The commercial unmanned aerial services (UAS) market is experiencing a steady economic expansion due to disruptive innovations, such as autonomous platforms, transitional drones, and hybrid propulsion. A new analysis by Frost & Sullivan predicts that by 2022 more than 50% of commercial drone flights will be conducted autonomously, operating much like warehouse robots operate today. […]
Reserved tickets for Reno now on sale
Reserved tickets for the STIHL 55th annual National Championship Air Races, slated for Sept. 12-16, 2018, at Reno-Stead Airport, are now for sale. Tickets can be purchased at www.airrace.org in the following options/categories: Reserved Tickets General Admission Pit Passes Chairman’s Tent The following tickets can be purchased by calling 775-972-6663: Checkered Flag Club Box Seating […]
New name for KTYQ FBO
Montgomery Aviation, the FBO at Indianapolis Executive Airport and Frankfort/Clinton County Airport in Indiana, has been renamed First Wing Jet Center. The flight school is now known as First Wing Flight. Sister companies, Eagle Creek Aviation and Naples Jet Center, retain their names, according to company officials. Montgomery Aviation was named after former owners, Dan and […]
Inexperienced pilot crashes trike
The non-certificated pilot reported that, after takeoff in the North Wing Apache, a light sport trike, about 200′ above ground level, he heard a popping sound and the aircraft yawed to the right. He heard the sound a second time, and the aircraft turned hard to the right. He applied full engine power in an attempt to […]
Picture of the day: A sunrise flight lesson
Roger Shelton sent in this photograph for Picture of the Day, explaining: “In a Cessna 152 on Jan. 22, 2018, around 7:30 a.m. sunrise at the Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport with the first student lesson of the day.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit […]
Nobody’s flying the plane
During one of my airline simulator training sessions, the instructor put us about 10 miles from an initial approach fix, then she asked us to turn around so she could show us something. So focused were we on her, the first officer and I forgot to pay attention to the thrust levers. While she was […]