Boeing is donating $500,000 to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Latino Pilots Association, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, Sister of the Skies, and Women in Aviation. It’s donating another $450,000 to Fly Compton.
Fuel starvation fells Bellanca
A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to accomplish a preflight inspection.
Pictures of the Day: Hiperbipe and Luscombe at AirVenture
General Aviation News photographer Megan Vande Voort sent in these photos from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023.
Ice be gone
Updating a system to shed ice from a general aviation aircraft with an electromagnetic u — now that’s cool.
Fly the aircraft first
The headline to the latest video in the FAA’s 57 Seconds to Safer Fly series says it all: “Flying the aircraft first during go-arounds in 57 seconds.”
Tecnam P-Mentor lands in the U.S
While at Oshkosh, Tecnam also revealed the flight schools in the U.S. that will be the launch customers for the P-Mentor: Kilo Charlie Aviation in Kansas, Vermont Flight Academy, Melbourne Flight Training in Florida, and Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas.
Continental Jet-A piston engine certified
The certification “validates the engine’s compliance with the FAA’s strict airworthiness and safety standards,” according to company officials.
Nothing in my private pilot training prepared me for this
The real question is how did I not see a helicopter on the runway?
Picture of the Day: The next generation of aviators
David Nuss submitted this photo and note: “Paul Poberezny (or at least his renowned AirVenture vehicle “Red One”) is keeping an eye on the next generation of pilots at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023.”