The separation of the left main landing gear spring during landing roll due to a preexisting fatigue crack.
Picture of the Day: Birthday flight
William Hunt submitted this photo and note: “Celebrated my 62nd birthday and 999th landing in the fall of 2023 by flying down the Ohio River to Lee Bottom Flying Field (64I) in Hanover, Indiana. It’s about as lovely an airport as you can imagine. The fall colors were wonderful, but we were a week or two short of peak. No worries though, life is good!”
The noise that is music to our ears
The cumulative effects of the noise I’ve encountered over the course of my life has been damaging, without a doubt. But aircraft are significantly quieter today than they were when I was a boy.
Fly-in turns into work party
While the four-day event is typically an annual gathering of EAA Chapter 631 and friends from the Recreational Aviation Foundation, many of those attending found time to help out with some projects on the airfield.
The Museum of Flight becomes The Museum of Fright
Every October around Halloween The Museum of Flight becomes the Museum of Fright for one chilling day, with special events from live music to spooky tricks to Mad Scientist booths.
Preliminary findings released in fatal Lake Placid crash
No conclusions are made in the preliminary report, which includes witness statements and details on the wreckage.
‘This was nobody’s fault other than my own’
I did not know how much longer I was going to be able to fly the airplane, and if the door was going to rip off and cause structural damage to the airplane.
Picture of the Day: Skitch’s solo cross country
Brody Howard submitted this photo and note: “This is my 17-year-old son returning from his solo short cross country. It was a beautiful day for flying in Minnesota and Iowa. Thanks to Jim, Johnny, and Jason at Accelerated Aviation at Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA) for taking on a young, aspiring pilot.”
Sock it to me
After reading a magazine article back in 2016 on the risk of “hangar rash” damage to the thin, trailing edges of composite propeller blades, David Ortero decided — “before even closing the magazine” — to buy covers to protect his new Whirlwind GA200L. The only problem was, that in scouring the internet, it appeared that nobody made such a thing. So Ortero simply went to his workshop and made his own.