Chris Huber submitted this photo and note: “Over Crater Lake.”
Christmas comes early for EAA chapter
Small changes to a hangar — like new lights and a new air compressor — makes the mission of inspiring kids to learn to fly, build and repair aircraft just a little bit easier this holiday season.
Lawmakers express concern about 5G’s impact on aviation safety
“The FCC’s and the telecom industry’s approach of ‘deploy now, fix later’ is anathema to the strong safety culture we have created and nourished in aviation over the last 20 years. In aviation, we never roll the dice with safety. We never run headlong into a possible hazard to the safety of flight without a full and complete assessment and mitigation of those risks.”
Earn and learn
A new program gives people interested in becoming an aviation maintenance technician the chance to work full-time while going through training. Tuition reimbursement is included, along with $1,000 to people willing to relocate to Wichita.
Jet Access and Eagle Creek Aviation merge
Jet Access and Eagle Creek Aviation have merged, creating a new company that employs more than 380 people based in Indiana.
An increasingly dangerous traffic pattern
“It seems like the traffic pattern at LMO has become increasingly dangerous. Many instructors have had near misses with other pilots not making calls or entering the pattern however they wish.”
Picture of the Day: Kodiak Island
Duncan Thomas submitted this photo and note: “Flew my 1958 straight tail from Santa Monica up through Tongass National Forest in Alaska, weathered in for three days at Eagle Cabin on the middle Situk river, onto Seward, Soldovia and Kodiak. Back via Talkeetna, Whitehorse, and Hood River. Seen here at Akshiok International Airport. 6,000 miles, a lot of weather, 7.5 gph average, a leaking nose strut. Second time doing it. Every time a joy.”
Misconceptions and outright lies we tell ourselves
We all have misconceptions in life. And some of us lie to ourselves rather than accept the truth for what it is. In the aviation world this same human tendency to discard accepted, proven knowledge in favor of a deeply held but poorly understood personal belief can lead to disaster.
The insurance woes of older pilots
A new survey finds that while pilots over 70 fly more hours and have more ratings than younger pilots, the insurance industry is raising their premiums — or canceling their insurance coverage — based only on age.