Bob Snowden submitted this photo and note: “A one-week-old Spirit SE-1 waiting to get out there before dark.”
Human Factors: A case of mistaken identity
What lessons can we learn from a pilot who crashes while landing at the wrong airport?
55 additional airports added to FAA’s FlightLine Surface Awareness initiative
The contract requires uAvionix to install, test, and achieve full operational status at all 55 airports within the next 12 months, according to officials with the Montana-based company.
Safety summit aims to eliminate threat of Loss of Control In-Flight
The free virtual event will feature experts from across the aviation industry to share best practices, new strategies, and the association’s plan to save lives by eliminating the Loss of Control In-Flight (LOC-I) threat.
Jet Aviation launches operations at KOPF
Upon completion next year, the newly built facility will also feature an 8,500-square-foot FBO building with a private entrance on the west side of the airfield, electric vehicle charging systems, LED lighting and photovoltaic panels, on-site Customs and Border Protection, and 40,000 square feet of hangar space available for nightly transient parking.
Hydraulic fluid leak leads to landing gear collapsing
Probable Cause: A landing gear collapse due to a hydraulic fluid leak in the landing gear system.
Picture of the Day: Grandson and my Discovery flight
Jim Mauro submitted this photo and note: “My grandson Maddox, 6, and I took a Discovery flight in 2012 in a Cessna 172 out of Goldsboro, N.C. Two years later I started my private pilot flight training in Kinston, N.C., at age 71, and completed that same year. Fulfilled a long time desire. He enjoyed that and many subsequent flights with me. Best memories!”
It was an honor
14W popped into my head when I heard Textron Aviation, today’s owner of the venerable Beechcraft line, announced it will end production for both the Bonanza and Baron lines once current orders are fulfilled.
Community input needed on KRIL master plan
The plan will guide the airport for the next 20 years to “maximize airport use for the community and pilots who fly here, work here, and rely on the facility for firefighting, medical flights, or recreation,” airport officials said.