Since it opened in 2007, the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (WAAAM) in Hood River, Oregon, has expanded four times. And the fifth is in the wings, with museum officials noting they have two more 40,000 to 50,000 square foot buildings on the drawing board.
Spring Training for general aviation pilots
Pilots can earn WINGS credit for attending the three-hour FAA webinar over Zoom, which is designed to help pilots during the busy spring and summer flying seasons.
Flying Legends of Victory tour prepares for takeoff
The B-17 “Sentimental Journey” and the B-25 “Maid in the Shade” are preparing to take off on their annual 18-week tour through California, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Oregon.
VFR into IMC ends in muddy field
The pilot’s decision to continue flight in instrument meteorological conditions in an airplane not equipped for instrument flight, which forced her to perform a precautionary landing to a muddy field resulting in the airplane nosing over.
Picture of the Day: All in the details
Brett Bonnville submitted this photo and note: “The quality of your experience as a student pilot, rental customer, advancing pilot, patron or airfield guest at New Garden Airport (N57) in Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania, is all in the details.”
Lakeland Aero Club: A prototype for success
The largest teen flying club on the planet is helping other clubs on their airplane projects, as well as serving as a model for what success looks like.
Record high prices for jet fuel across U.S.
Not only are jet fuel prices hitting a record-high spike, but April 2022 was the first time that Jet-A prices surpassed 100LL prices, according to a new analysis from GlobalAir.com. Plus, where’s the cheapest 100LL in the nation? The most expensive?
New importer for Ukraine LSA
Aeroprakt is based in the Ukraine, specifically in Kyiv. If you weren’t sure where that was in 2021, you surely know now.
A photo is worth 1,000 words
New from Bluetail is RecordSnap, which allows aviation maintenance technicians to use their smartphone’s camera to scan, upload, and store records in real time. Even better? The photos are converted to searchable PDFs.