The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Picture of the Day: Dreaming through the fence
David Hayes, who flies this Cirrus SR22, submitted this photo and note: “Someday when I grow up! I dream of bigger things.”
The journey from SUN ‘n FUN to Oshkosh
Will our LSA expert’s prediction that the new Light-Sport Aircraft rules will be unveiled at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 come true? He says that while he’s not betting the farm, it’s “a fairly safe prediction.”
Expansion planned at antique aeroplane museum
Since it opened in 2007, the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (WAAAM) in Hood River, Oregon, has expanded four times. And the fifth is in the wings, with museum officials noting they have two more 40,000 to 50,000 square foot buildings on the drawing board.
Spring Training for general aviation pilots
Pilots can earn WINGS credit for attending the three-hour FAA webinar over Zoom, which is designed to help pilots during the busy spring and summer flying seasons.
Flying Legends of Victory tour prepares for takeoff
The B-17 “Sentimental Journey” and the B-25 “Maid in the Shade” are preparing to take off on their annual 18-week tour through California, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Oregon.
VFR into IMC ends in muddy field
The pilot’s decision to continue flight in instrument meteorological conditions in an airplane not equipped for instrument flight, which forced her to perform a precautionary landing to a muddy field resulting in the airplane nosing over.
Picture of the Day: All in the details
Brett Bonnville submitted this photo and note: “The quality of your experience as a student pilot, rental customer, advancing pilot, patron or airfield guest at New Garden Airport (N57) in Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania, is all in the details.”
Lakeland Aero Club: A prototype for success
The largest teen flying club on the planet is helping other clubs on their airplane projects, as well as serving as a model for what success looks like.