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.
Take flight in a Sopwith Camel
The Museum of Flight in Seattle recently unveiled two Sopwith Camel simulators designed and built by one-G Simulation, in collaboration with Cignatec, an education technology company.
New Michigan maintenance technician school gets FAA nod
While most AMTS programs are 18 to 24 months long, Legacy Aviation offers a 12 month timeline that accelerates a student’s trajectory into the workforce, according to officials.
New prop certified for Cessna 414
The STC applies to aircraft with or without RAM IV and VII, powered by Continental TSIO-520-N, -NB or TSIO-520-NB engines modified through an FAA STC, according to officials with the German company.
An unnecessary hazard
I write this in the hope that seaplanes no longer be allowed to take off under a traffic pattern of a non-towered airport when the use of radios are not required.
Picture of the Day: Love the view
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “Coming in for a landing at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia.”
Van’s 4-seat RV-10 is an S-LSA — in Brazil
It is amazing what can happen when there is a desire to make something happen.