This April 2008 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Champion 7KCAB. Injuries: None. Location: Alexander City, Alabama. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was conducting a personal flight with the owner […]
First: Ask the right question
When I was a relatively young instructor I had the good fortune to call a small uncontrolled airport in central Connecticut my home base. Meriden Markham may not make the annals of aviation as a hotbed of technical achievement, innovative design, or the home of a manufacturing marvel, but I learned more about teaching, and […]
Philadelphia controllers transition to NextGen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of the FAA’s plan to modernize the national airspace system, controllers in the Philadelphia area now have the capability to use a satellite-based system to more efficiently and safely track and separate aircraft. “This new technology is a tremendous leap forward in transforming the current air traffic control system,” said […]
NTSB investigating near collision of jetliner and 172
The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into the near collision of a jetliner and a small private plane at the intersection of two active runways at Burbank’s Bob Hope Airport (BUR) in Southern California. At about 10:58 a.m. PDT on April 19, Southwest Airlines flight 649, a Boeing 737-700 inbound from Oakland, […]
Phillips launches rebate program for compassion flights
Phillips 66 has launched a rebate program designed to support pilots who volunteer their aircraft and time to fly seriously ill patients who need specialized medical treatments. Starting June 1, pilots flying missions organized and approved by Angel Flight Northeast and Mercy Medical Airlift (which administers Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic and Airlift Hope America) will qualify […]
CFI receives grant for safety training device
FAASTeam Lead Representative and CFI Michael Lessard of Sullivan, Maine, has received a grant from the Wolf Aviation Fund to build a Spatial Disorientation Awareness Training Device. These devices, typically known as “Barany Chairs” or “Vertigo Chairs,” are effective devices to expose subjects to the physical effects of spatial disorientation, as they would be encountered […]
Celebrate Women, Wings and Wonder
Am I High Aviation, LLC will celebrate the first “Women, Wings and Wonder” event May 15 at Stevens Point Municipal Airport (STE) in Wisconsin. The event starts at 10 a.m. with 45 minute presentations offered every hour until 6 p.m. The event will honor two centennial holidays: Women Pilots and Mother’s Day; while celebrating the […]
15 N.J. airports to get AWOS
Belfort Instrument Co., one of the country’s oldest meteorological sensor and meteorological system manufacturers, has signed a contract to supply and install 15 DigiWx Automated Weather Observation Systems (AWOS) for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (NJDOT). The Belfort DigiWx AWOS will report wind speed, wind direction, wind gusts, altimeter, temperature, relative […]
‘Wings over Waukesha’ returns
“Wings over Waukesha” returns June 25–27 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at the Waukesha County Airport (UES) in Wisconsin. Celebrating the 75th anniversaries of both the airport and the B-17 bomber this year, the event, which drew more than 7,000 people in 2009, will once again feature a variety of World War II […]