Fuel starvation resulting in a loss of engine power.
Picture of the Day: Winter maintenance
John Schmidt submitted this photo and note: “Commemorative Air Force members Ron Bombeck, crew chief Dan Bombeck, and pilot Jeff Knutson inspect the Pratt and Whitney R-985 on the nose of the Minnesota Wing’s Oshkosh-award-winning BT-13 in the hangar at South St. Paul Airport (KSGS). Winter maintenance has begun, and it’s an excellent time to see the warbirds, with inspection panels off, as crews of volunteers prepare the airplanes for another air show season.”
What’s going on with the oil pressure in my airplane?
I’m having trouble finding anyone who wants to handle this issue and the sale of the airplane is in escrow pending the resolution of the oil pressure issue.
GAN columnist launches new social media site
Jamie Beckett, General Aviation News’ Politics for Pilots columnist, has partnered with DPE Pat Brown on Mad Props Aero, a website “designed to educate, entertain, and inspire people of all ages and experience levels who harbor an interest in aviation.”
UCA Aviation Academy ready to take flight at KCXW
The University of Central Arkansas, in partnership with the city of Conway, Arkansas, and Conway Regional Airport (KCXW), will open the new UCA Aviation Academy in the spring of 2024. The program will be open to anyone 17 or older, whether they are a student at the university or not.
NTSB summit focuses on pilot mental health
“Everyone should feel safe speaking up, getting the mental health care they need, regardless of their profession. Aviation should be no different, and yet it is different,” said NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy. “Current federal rules incentivize people to either lie about their needs or avoid seeking help in the first place — and that’s not safe for anyone.”
Takeoff into IMC fatal for student pilot and passenger
The student pilot’s decision to depart into night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control.
Pictures of the Day: SeaReys fly around Devil’s Island
Hal Roberts submitted these photos and note: “A long anticipated trip finally happened with weather cooperating. Tom Platner with wife Janet and Wes Tanaka and I and my wife Joan had hoped to fly to Madeline Island in Wisconsin for a weekend stay early September 2023. To land on Lake Superior water requires an unusually low wind day but we were lucky! After landing at the Beach Club beach in La Pointe on Madeline Island we had lunch then took off for a tour around the Apostle Islands. One of the most picturesque of the Apostles is Devil’s Island with a lighthouse that looks like a rocket ship. Flying formation with three SeaReys around the Apostles was surrealistic. Credit my wife Joan Angelis with this amazing shot out the right seat of Wes in the foreground and Tom and Janet in the background.
The pilot population is getting younger
The average age of a pilot who holds a medical certificate is 39.6 years.