New features for 2022 include expanded TV app options, new audio training segments, an interactive flight instructor portal, and integration with AOPA Flight Training Advantage. New videos cover the latest changes to airspace, tips for flight planning with Garmin avionics, new ForeFlight weather tools, Commercial Pilot maneuvers, and more.
Bird hits Piper at 4,000 feet
An in-flight collision with a bird.
Picture of the Day: Harvard coming in hot
Eric Dumigan submitted this photo and note: “Kent Beckham coming in hot after an air show practice.”
The woodpecker, the cat, and the rest of us
At some point in our lives, most of us probably have the chance to do something remarkable. Of course, decisions will have to be made. Sacrifices may be required. Primary training may make us queasy. Instrument training may give us a headache. The stock market may rise or fall. But if we persevere, like the woodpecker and the cat, we may very well get what we want.
Aviation photographer flies west
Eric Dumigan, a well-known aviation photographer who contributed frequently to General Aviation News, passed away suddenly in September 2021.
Studying the Impossible Turn
The Experimental Aircraft Association has formed a team to explore ways of improving aviation safety by focusing on responses to the often-tragic 180° turn back to the runway following engine failure on takeoff — often call the Impossible Turn by pilots.
Airforms begins shipping engine baffle kits for Cessna 182Ts
Baffles are essential for proper engine cooling, according to officials with the company, which has shipped more than 5,000 baffle kits to aircraft owners around the globe.
Cirrus bent after encountering turbulence from cargo plane
I trusted the Tower to provide safe and adequate separation for our arrival and it could have cost us a lot more than a prop strike. I will not make that mistake again.
Picture of the Day: Compass Rose
Penny Hamilton submitted this photo and note: “Socially distant because of COVID-19 virus restrictions, but enjoying Colorado skies at Emily Warner Field (KGNB), volunteers of the Colorado Chapter of the Ninety-Nines improve the airport with a new compass rose.”