The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action and the student’s failure to relinquish control, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with a fence.
Picture of the Day: Heaven
Jim Goodspeed submitted this photo and note: “3,660 foot elevation, 220 foot landing strip = Heaven.”
The gift of flight
What if your significant other, your child, or your best friend found they’d been gifted with an opportunity to fly?
CFI: Can’t Fully Instruct
Certificated flight instructors aren’t always quality flight instructors. The industry wants to change that.
Gold Seal to reopen COVID Relief Program
100 student pilots adversely affected by the pandemic will receive free enrollment in the company’s ground school.
New battery chargers introduced
“The True Blue Charger PRO and Mx take the guess work out of charging, discharging, and maintaining lithium-ion batteries.”
Trike pilot runs out of gas over desert
The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel inspection.
Picture of the Day: What’s not to like?
Mary Ann Lebold submitted this photo and note: The webcams at Lenhardt Airpark (7S9) in Oregon were recently updated. Here’s what things looked like on Dec. 1, 2020, about 2 p.m. What’s not to like?”
Despite pandemic, Ninety-Nines keep growing
“We want to help professional pilots who are struggling with their careers because of the pandemic and provide support for our new student pilots.”