The celebration of life will be held Dec. 4, 2021, at the CubCrafters factory in Yakima, Washington.
New name for Carpenter Avionics
The company, which is based at Smyrna Rutherford County Airport in Tennessee, is now called Forge Flightworks.
Pilot crashes after being too focused inside cockpit
The pilot’s focus inside the cockpit during the base turn and final approach, which led to a high sink rate developing and a subsequent hard landing short of the runway.
Picture of the Day: Last landing of the evening
Rob Stapleton submitted this photo and note: “A Cessna 185 does a high speed water taxi to its slip before dark after landing at Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage Alaska. No filter was used for this image the coloring is from natural ‘Alpenglow.'”
Still hunting for why my engine won’t hold its RPMs
My 800 hour Since Major Over Haul (SMOH) Lycoming O-540-C4B5 engine won’t hold its RPMs. We’ve done several things to find the problem, but we’re still hunting.
Video: Strategies to avoid CFIT
The new video offers several strategies to avoid Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT), which make up more than 17% of all general aviation accidents.
Are 3D printed parts strong enough for flight?
A new grant will help a Florida Polytechnic University professor determine if 3D printed parts are durable enough for rocket and jet engines.
Life lessons from fighter jet pilots
The new book offers life advice from 20 fighter jet pilots.
Pilot feels pressured to conduct ferry flight
“I shouldn’t have let the plane owner and mechanic pressure me into going when we suspected that the engine driven pump was ‘weak.’ Ironically, the owner has the fuel pump sitting in his house so he knew it was having problems and failed to tell me before I flew five hours over water outside of gliding distance of land.”