This is a safety and security concern that should be mitigated immediately.
Picture of the Day: Keeping focus
William Vergonet submitted this photo and note: “Flying with my boss Bob Fullard of Fullard Flight Aircraft Maintenance. I was so lucky to be able to capture the movement and beauty I saw.”
The woes of winter
Regardless of what you think constitutes uncomfortably cold, winter brings risks to us all. That’s true when driving over a combination of packed snow and ice to an intersection near the bottom of a downhill grade, and it’s true when we climb into an airplane to fly through that thick, clear winter air.
Video: Magical Mooney
Just posted to the YouTube channel “Flying with Rich” is a video about the “magical Mooney,” which was owned, at one time, by Bill Cox of ABC’s Wide World of Flying. It starts with some vintage video that’s truly enjoyable.
Young Eagles tops 57,000 flights in 2023
More than 57,000 youngsters had a Young Eagles flight in 2023. The flights were all made possible by 4,493 pilots from 616 different EAA chapters.
Tailwheel scholarship offered for fourth year
The scholarship will award $1,000 in cash and $1,000 in credit towards flight training towards a tailwheel endorsement to one female pilot. Training will take place at Quad Cities International Airport (KMLI) in Moline, Illinois, in a 1946 Piper J-3 Cub.
Water contamination leads to crash at KWHP
The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection during which he failed to remove all water contamination in the fuel system, which resulted in a total loss of engine power on takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the condition of the fuel caps, which allowed the water to enter the fuel system.
Picture of the Day: The Big Bang
Jim Roberts submitted this photo and note: “Fireworks frame the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023.”
Flight training regulations need to be updated
As Congress tackles a long-term reauthorization bill for the FAA, it’s time to tackle a hotly debated topic in flight training: Increasing the number of hours a pilot can log as part of the 1,500 hours the FAA requires to become an Airline Transport Pilot.