Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown, which resulted in a gear-up landing.
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Picture of the Day: Fond Memories
Tom Sharpe submitted this photo and note: “My RV-8A sitting on the ramp at Rockingham County NC Shiloh Airport (KSIF) in Reidsville, North Carolina. KSIF recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. I was one of — if not the first — CFI to instruct there 50 years ago. Fond memories.”
Historic Palms To Pines Air Race Returns in 2026
Teams will compete across a multi-leg route from Southern California to Madras, Oregon, combining precision flying, cross-country strategy, and teamwork.
Free Aviation Safety Webinar Focuses on the Silent In-Flight Emergency
Lightspeed Aviation is presenting a free safety webinar, “Carbon Monoxide: The Silent In-Flight Emergency,” featuring Axel Alvarez, March 26, 2026.
New Name For Flight School Association
The Flight School Association of North America is now Flight School Association International (FSAI), which reflects the association’s expanding global reach and growing international membership, according to officials.
Fuel Starvation Ends Aerial Survey Flight Early
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot’s mismanagement of the airplane’s fuel supply.
Picture of the Day: Shadowing American Bison
John Sidle submitted this photo and note: “Flying my Cessna 172S over a bison ranch in the South Dakota Sandhills.”
50 Hours or Three Years
Should aircraft inspections move to a “50 hours or three years” schedule? Explore the potential benefits, economic impacts, and FAA hurdles of this proposed maintenance shift.
Backcountry Airstrips Get a Boost
The renewal of an agreement between the Recreational Aviation Foundation and the Bureau of Land Management has been “years in the making,” according to RAF Chairman John McKenna, who noted the original agreement was signed more than 10 years ago.