Terry Hayes submitted this photo and note: “A beautiful day for floatplane flying in the Sierra Foothills in California.”
Under The Wire Fly-In: Stearmans and more
The annual fly-in includes lots of good food, including Texas BBQ, a Hangar Party, a flour bombing contest, and a Stearman fly-over of a local football game.
More thorough preflights needed after maintenance
Lately I’ve been noticing more reports on accidents and incidents that happen on the first flight after maintenance. An FAA video offers lots of tips on how to make sure this doesn’t happen to you.
Girl Scouts launch new Aerospace Adventure program in Oklahoma
Girl Scouts earning the Aerospace Adventure patch will learn more about career opportunities in aerospace outside of the more commonly thought of roles, such as pilot, flight attendant, or astronaut, and will get to meet women who work in engineering, aircraft maintenance, airport operations, and other positions.
Rise Aviation opens new facility at KGYI
The new multimillion dollar facility at North Texas Regional Airport is the first of three planned construction phases for the company.
Landing gear hydraulic line fails in flight
The separation failure of a landing gear system hydraulic line and its compression fitting during cruise flight, which resulted in a partial gear up landing.
Picture of the Day: A happy Howard
Glenn Brasch, the man behind AirportCourtesyCars.com, sent in this photo with a note: “A 1944 Howard owned by Steve Fulton, parked in front of the pilot shelter at Ryan Field (2MT1) in Montana.”
A hangar full of ideas
Everything in the massive collection at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space Museum, was considered to be impossible until someone who didn’t respond well to established limitations proved otherwise.
Are gear-up landings inevitable?
Knowing that even some of the best pilots have made gear-up landings, the FAA recently released a video in its 57 Seconds to Safer Flying series, offering some suggestions on how to avoid a gear-up landing.