While taxiing I heard the Tower say to another plane “Aircraft Z — I forget — did I clear you to land?”
Picture of the Day: Smile for the camera!
Jim Roberts submitted this photo and note: “A warbird fan getting up close for a T-28 shot at the 2024 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo.”
Internalize the lesson
How do you best learn? Positive reinforcement? Admonishment for mistakes made? Writing and re-writing the lessons learned? And when you learn something, how do you internalize that lesson?
Video: Draco flies Alaska
In the video’s introduction, Mike notes he had “an unbelievable time flying through Alaska with my best friend Ron. So many beautiful sites and wonderful people.”
McFarlane named exclusive distributor for Landing Gear Works
TLGW specializes in the manufacturing of titanium landing gear legs for Cessna 180s and 185s, as well as tail gear springs, tailwheel assemblies, and landing gear components for various other Cessna aircraft.
New prop debuts on Carbon Cub
“This innovative design maximizes the power of the Rotax 916 iS engine, delivering improved responsiveness and fuel efficiency for both backcountry and cross-country flying,” company officials added.
VFR into IMC fatal for Virginia pilot
Probable Cause: The pilot’s continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in controlled flight into terrain.
Picture of the Day: Final flight
Hayman Tam submitted this photo with a note: “I was so pleased to be able to capture the visit of the Philippine Mars to San Francisco in January 2025. I was too far away to get good shots of the landing, I chose a different locale — Treasure Island — for departure day. I had a 50/50 chance that the takeoff would be towards me and I scored big time. This leg of the flight was supposed to go to San Diego but they made a real-time decision to head straight to Arizona, making this the final flight of this historic seaplane, which found a new home at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson.”
It’s a numbers game
The general public sees driving as relatively safe and flying as generally risky. But the numbers tell the real story.