“With a shortage of qualified airline pilots representing 10% of the total professional pilot workforce by 2023,” the new training center at Arlington Municipal Airport in Texas “joins ATP’s 60 other locations nationwide to increase capacity and train 20,000 airline pilots over the next ten years,” according to company officials.
Ercoupe pilot hits fence while landing in a pasture
The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for an off-airport precautionary landing, which resulted in impact with a fence and a nose-over.
Picture of the Day: A-10 demo
Rich Caswell submitted this photo and note: “An A-10 starting its demo during the Stuart Air Show. Cloudy with showers, but no precipitation while it performed.”
Giant B-19 proved a point
At the time of its rollout, the B-19 was called the largest aircraft in the world. The XB-19’s wingspan of 212 feet was more than twice that of a B-17. With a range listed as greater than 5,000 miles and a ferry range of more than 7,000 miles, the XB-19 could use auxiliary bomb bay gas tanks to bring its fuel capacity to 11,000 gallons, which a Douglas publicist likened to the volume carried by a standard railroad tank car of the day.
Construction begins on Trigger Gap pavilion
Fueling construction is a group of donors who will match all donations made by May 15, 2021, for the pavilion at the backcountry airstrip in Arkansas.
Space launch areas added to navigation charts
All 12 FAA-licensed spaceports, and other federal and private launch and reentry sites, are represented on the charts by a rocket symbol. These areas are in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia.
FlightSafety teams with Flight Research to offer upset recovery training
The new training program aims to reduce loss of control in flight accidents by fusing FlightSafety International’s type-specific simulator training with Flight Research’s in-aircraft instruction, according to company officials.
Stuck exhaust valve proves fatal for student
A partial loss of engine power due to a stuck exhaust valve and the flight instructor’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack following the loss of power, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude.
Picture of the Day: Performance in two forms
Rick Hatton submitted this photo and note: “DC 10 modified to fight wildfires and company founder’s amateur-built Lancair Legacy.”