The FAA has started installing eight new Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) across Alaska to provide weather conditions to pilots before they take to the skies.
Blue Line Aviation opens new facility at KJNX
The new facility at Johnston Regional Airport (KJNX) in Smithfield, North Carolina, features a new DA40/DA42 convertible Diamond simulator.
Pilot seriously injured when plane crashes due to water and contaminates in the fuel
The partial loss of engine power due to water and contaminants in the fuel, due to the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, and the pilot’s decision to conduct a steep turn at low altitude to return to the runway rather than land straight ahead, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Picture of the Day: A Legend flying into the sunset
Kevin Quinn submitted this photo and note: “William Legend flying up and over and into the sunset during the 2021 High Sierra Fly-In.”
It’s time to talk about pilots and depression
One area of concern that pilots of all ages shy away from discussing openly is mental health. Which is a shame because mental health is a critical component of overall health. Unfortunately, the FAA has historically been less than charitable toward flight crew members who utter the word “depression” in the wrong company, or admit to having issues with the real speed bumps found along the road of life.
Sign up for NASA’s Flight Log Experience
You’ll get to “fly along” on two milestone flights of NASA aircraft, including the X-57 and supersonic X-59.
Redbird creates flight sim supplement to AOPA high school curriculum
The new simulator supplement from Redbird gives high schools free access to nearly 70 lessons, expanding their capabilities to immerse students in educational aviation coursework, according to Redbird officials.
Learning teaching with King Schools
What seems like a fairly straightforward process — showing some eager student how to handle an airplane — turns out to be about “correlation,” “primacy,” “complex overt response,” “characterization,” and a lot of other things you never heard of. The new King Schools Fundamentals of Instruction Ground School and Test Prep helps you shoot an approach through the verbal clouds, officials say.
Wiring issue cuts power to aircraft
After a difficult flight and a complicated landing, to think that negotiating the ground would be the most difficult part was stressful.