This three-page newsletter feels like an outline for an airport-based horror movie.
What’s ahead for 2022 in the flight sim community?
A panel discussion that will be livestreamed on Dec. 18, 2021, will delve into flight simulation add-on development and what the flight sim community can expect in 2022.
Piper opens applications for 2022 apprentices
Applications are due May 31, 2022, for the 2022 apprenticeship program, which begins in August.
Sporty’s introduces rechargeable flashlight
The new flashlight can also recharge your phone or iPad.
Student’s failure to relinquish control results in plane hitting airport fence
The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action and the student’s failure to relinquish control, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with a fence.
Picture of the Day: A severe VFR day means open cockpit flying
JP DesCamp submitted this photo and note: “A classic Stearman aircraft prepares for takeoff at Newman’s Airfield in Kalamazoo, Michigan.”
Aviation Without Borders expands to U.S.
It is one of 11 organizations under the network of Aviation Sans Frontières (ASF), which has a mission “to improve the quality of life of populations affected by natural and social disasters through aviation expertise.”
Volunteers take over maintenance at grass runway at KOWK
After finding out the town would not maintain a parallel turf airstrip at Central Maine/Norridgewock Airport, Recreational Aviation Foundation Maine Liaison Steve Mason applied for a grant to take over the task.
National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals Class of 2022
“From pioneers Willa Brown and Jerrie Mock to visionaries Joe Clark and Margaret Hamilton, and to aerospace hero Story Musgrave, the NAHF’s Class of 2022 represents the best in aviation.”