While pilots have to report getting caught driving under the influence, what about other alcohol-related troubles? And why does the FAA care about our drinking behavior?
Volunteers spruce up Oregon’s Toketee State Airport
Members of the Recreational Aviation Foundation and Oregon Pilots Association volunteered to help improve the primitive camping area at Toketee State Airport.
FAA expands weather camera coverage in Colorado and Montana
The cameras, along with weather data from the equipment, give pilots critical pre-flight information, such as weather trends and from which direction bad weather is approaching.
Whirly-Girls open 2022 scholarship season
Applications are due Oct. 3, 2021, for more than $100,000 in scholarships.
Hand propping goes awry
As I was walking around the wing to the cockpit, engine power increased more quickly than expected after start. I was unable to reach the cockpit to shut the engine down before the chocks gave way, followed by the tie-down stake pulling out of the ground.
Picture of the Day: Crop duster graveyard
Dan McCully submitted this photo and note: “Among a field of abandoned crop dusters at the Americus, Georgia, airport (KACJ), this airplane — a Polish PZL-106 Kruk — patiently waits for a pilot who will never return.”
The art of weather watching
A METARmap is functional art. Or the synthesis of art and technology. Or perhaps artistic technology. Or tech-imbedded art. Whatever you want to call it, it’s totally frickin’ cool.
Video: Hood River Fly-In
Fred Johnsen sent us this video, shot at the 2021 Hood River Fly-In. Hosted by the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum, the fly-in is laid back — no air show aerobatics, no announcer on a loud PA system — just lots of interesting and varied aircraft, brought by interesting pilots and crews who came to congregate with each other and the public. “This is friendly aviation at its best,” Fred says.
RedTail Flight Academy takes off at KSWF
Founded by the New York-based chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc., RedTail Flight Academy’s training program is a 10-month curriculum, certifying students between the ages of 18-21 with a Part 141 multi-engine commercial pilot certificate and an instrument rating.