The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2023 as the world’s oldest and largest military aviation museum.
Near miss as pilot lands on grass next to runway instead of runway
Throughout the entire pattern we were ahead of the traffic but he was VERY close to our tail following behind us, with very little spacing. Our traffic alerting system was going off for the entire downwind, base, and final.
Picture of the Day: Straight as an Arrow
James Cramer submitted this photo and note: “A Piper Arrow 180 flying in formation south of Lake Tahoe. Pilot is Jim Cramer and photographer is David Benjamin.”
The engines that power LSA
While Rotax dominates the LSA engine market, other contenders, such as Jabiru, are making their mark.
Salem schools expand aviation program
The purchase of a building at McNary Field will serve as the home for the growing Career and Technical Education program.
Investigation begins into why NOTAM system crashed
An investigation has begun to determine what caused the FAA’s Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system to crash at 8:28 p.m. Jan. 10, 2023. The outage led the FAA to ground all flights until 9 a.m. Jan. 11.
Famed Alaska aviator flies west
Famed Alaskan pilot Merrill Wien passed away Jan. 8, 2023. He was 92.
Student pilot seriously injured when engine/propeller drive belt fails
Failure of the engine/propeller drive belt.
Picture of the Day: Aurora Borealis
Frederic Smet submitted this photo and note: “I generally send in pictures while flying my SR20. But this time I sent in a picture from the Boeing 737 MAX I fly since the Aurora Borealis was that amazing. Flying over Greenland on the way back from Philadelphia to Brussels.”