Question for Paul McBride, the General Aviation News engines expert: My Duke’s right engine has started blowing out oil from the breather.
2025 was a good year for Van’s Aircraft
The company delivered around 1,200 kits worldwide, expanded its production line for the RV-12is LSA, and sent out the first wing kits for the backcountry RV-15.
The Impossible Airplane
It will be the first aircraft in aviation history designed to be flown entirely without the use of hands.
EAA youth programs reach thousands
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) reports that more than 8,000 kids participated in the organization’s youth programs between Nov. 1, 2024, and Oct. 31, 2025.
Excessive speed on landing leads to crash
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing with an excessive touchdown speed that resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain.
Picture of the Day: Flying home
Thomas Willis submitted this photo and note: “Fuel stop after departing EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 en route to Three Forks, Montana, in my restored and highly customized 1958 wooden wing/metal tail Mooney M20A. Gorgeous day!”
Old school flight training
To hear my flight instructor tell it, I was the most inept student he ever had. I heard these words repeatedly: “Why, oh why, do I always draw the worst students? Can’t you remember anything? How the hell did you get a diploma from an engineering college? Use the damn rudder pedals when you make a turn! Can’t you feel the plane slipping? How will I ever make a pilot out of you?”
Where’s Jamail? Back in college
Jamail Larkins, the FAA Ambassador for Aviation & Space Education, brings the DreamLaunch tour to Hampton University in Virginia.
Wright Brothers monument added to Spirit of Flight Museum
“The Wright brothers taught us how to fly and we want to encourage future generations to get involved in aviation and aviation history,” said Gordon Page, President of the Spirit of Flight Foundation. “This monument is something we have wanted to add to the museum for years.”