I applied brakes and then they locked up. I felt the aircraft skid and lost control. It hit a sign off the runway and then came to a stop in the grass area of the runway, during which two of the landing gears failed.
Picture of the Day: The opportunity of a lifetime
Steve Rush submitted this photo and note: “The Commemorative Air Force left its B-17 ‘Sentimental Journey’ on the ramp at Arlington Municipal Airport (KAWO) in Washington, one Saturday, and I just couldn’t pass up the photo opportunity of a lifetime to get my RV-8 in the same photo.”
The Central Coast Airfest evolves
This show had something for everyone; Civilian performers, warbirds, modern jets, vintage jets, and more warbirds.
How — or why — did the FAA let remote towers die?
We’ve run a lot of stories over the years about the remote tower experiments at Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO) in Virginia and Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL) in Loveland, Colorado. Why didn’t they work when similar projects have met with great success in Europe?
New guide on reducing runway excursions unveiled
While specifically targeted to business aviation pilots, the new guide from the National Business Aviation Association has a lot of useful information for all general aviation pilots.
New distributor for battery back-up system
EDMO Distributors has entered into an exclusive wholesale distribution agreement with TCW Technologies to sell its Integrated Battery Back-Up System, which provides back-up power for EFIS, GPS navigators, transponders and ADS-B, engine monitoring systems, and electronic ignition systems.
Plane ends up in bay after pilot positions fuel selector in wrong place
The pilot’s inadvertent selection of an off fuel selector position, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Picture of the Day: Marquart Charger at Sunset
Jeff Scott submitted this photo and note: “A sunset photo of my Marquart Charger at Mt Vernon Airport (KMVN) in Illinois taken during a visit to the 2023 KR Gathering. Photo by Adelina Vasakova-Sadiku.”
Chasing waterfalls
When Rajeev Pandey became the co-owner of a 1976 Grumman Tiger recently, he was put on notice that in order for the plane to move from “toy” category to the utility category, it would need to be put into action for his wife Sheri’s waterfall hunting hobby.