Lindy Segall submitted this photo and note: “Piloted by Beth Jenkins and Ashley Shelton, the B-25 “Devil Dog” lifts off to the delight of participants at the 2023 Commemorative Air Force Blue Bonnet Airshow. ”
Local safety procedures are not to be ignored
The erosion of safety in flight is not the fault of the FAA or your state’s Department of Transportation. The risks we’re seeing at non-towered airports are of our own making. A minority of us seem to be insistent that they are free to act without regard for others.
Once on BasicMed, do you ever have to see an AME again?
In a video posted Jan. 18, 2024, of the FAA series “Pilot Minute,” Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup, MD, goes over requirements for BasicMed and the mental health, neurologic, or cardiac conditions that would require a pilot — by law — to be reexamined by an FAA designee Aviation Medical Examiner (AME).
Zenith Aircraft returns to Texas in February
Zenith’s hands-on workshop returns to Boerne Stage Airfield (5C1), north of San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 23-24, with an informal fly-in for Zenith owners on Feb. 24.
Bushliner strikes deal for seats developed by mission aviation organization
Besides incorporating the S-Seats into their own aircraft, Bushliner also has been granted exclusive distribution rights for the seats in North America. This includes offering the seats to Experimentals, OEM manufacturers, and retrofits, including STC’d installations in the Cessna 206, 185, and others, according to Bushliner officials.
Taxiing too fast lands airplane in the grass
I was taxiing out of the ramp and had the flight controls. Turning left onto the taxiway, the speed was too fast. My instructor took controls and applied full braking. The airplane stopped with the nose of the plane slightly in the grass.
Picture of the Day: Up, up and away
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “The view from the cockpit of a glider while being towed to needed altitude.”
Because flying is supposed to be cool
Over the years, pilots have come up with a number of ways to block the sun on the flight deck. Knowing there was a better way, airline pilot Lenny Abraham came up with Just Plane Shades, which are now available for a variety of general aviation aircraft.
Flying car company launches crowdfunding campaign
According to James Mauch, a Samson Sky board member, crowdfunding is commonly used as “an early step in an overall campaign to raise large funds but has the unique ability to allow many smaller investors the same opportunity as bigger investors” with new technology in new companies.