Scott Crosby sent in this photo with a note: “The photo was taken from my 1978 Cessna 182Q, on a flight home to Donaldson Field Airport (KGYH) in Greenville, South Carolina, from Reading Regional Airport/Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG) in Reading, Pennsylvania. The actual location where the photo was taken is somewhere near Roanoke, Virginia, about half-way into the four-hour flight.”
Larry Elliott’s Flying Zebra
It’s not often you see a zebra in Texas. It’s even more rare to see one flying — unless you live near Cleveland, Texas.
Uptick in busted TFRs leads to warning from NORAD
Since the Jan. 20, 2025, presidential inauguration, NORAD officials report they have responded to more than 20 “tracks of interest” entering skies above President Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort near Palm Beach, Florida.
Airline CEO nominated to head FAA
“As the former president and CEO of Republic Airways, Mesaba Airlines, and Business Express Airlines, Brian brings over three decades of experience in aviation and executive leadership to this critical position,” Trump said in a March 17, 2025, Truth Social post.
ASA releases new edition of Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Alterations
This handbook for aviation mechanics, AMT schools, repair stations, aircraft owners, and homebuilders details the standards for acceptable methods, techniques, and practices for the inspection, repair, and alteration of aircraft.
Tailwheel instructor startled when wind blows off hat, headset, and glasses
It was a warm day and we had been flying with the left window open. I had been flying with a loose fitting cap under my headset. When full power was applied, the wind blast came in through the window and knocked my cap back, taking the headset and my glasses with it. This startled and distracted me enough that I failed to straighten the airplane out to align with the runway center line.
Picture of the Day: The reward of flying
Bill Gansemer submitted this photo and note: “The reward of flying — a transcendent experience of the magic of a sunset with its changing colors from 3,000 feet — where there is no past or future. I’m flying over North Central Iowa in my 1982 Piper Archer in early February 2025.”
Ask Paul: What should I do with an engine that hasn’t been flown in years?
Question for Paul McBride, the General Aviation News engines expert: I bought an airplane in the summer of 2022 and have not been able to pick it up yet due to a lot of work and a rusty pilot situation. I plan on picking up the aircraft, which has been sitting outside in New Hampshire, in May.
Kevin Lacey flies west
Perhaps best known from Discovery Channel’s series “Airplane Repo,” Lacey died from cancer Feb. 14, 2025.