The 2026 Aerospace Coatings calendar from Sherwin-Williams recognizes the craftsmanship of aircraft painters and scheme designers across the nation.
Aircraft
Pilot seriously injured when fuel exhaustion ends cross-country flight
Probable Cause: The pilots’ inadequate preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Picture of the Day: Checking conditions
Grant Lutz submitted this photo and note: “Skiing looks great at Silver Star Resort in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, from my 2005 T182T.”
A Hail Mary landing (with an emphasis on the hail)
What can we learn from an accident where a Baron is pummeled by hail?
CFI Tackles Confusing Roll Recovery Guidance
Master Instructor Rich Stowell has published a new paper that tackles decades of conflicting guidance on recovery from spiral dives and other roll upsets. The paper then offers “a simple, ready‑to‑adopt standard for general aviation: Power-Push-Roll.”
The Killing Zone Updated
In the book author Paul Craig leverages his knowledge as a flight instructor and researcher to analyze National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident reports with the goal of helping prevent accidents that injure or kill pilots and their passengers. His examination of 40 years of accident data found that pilots are at the greatest risk of being involved in an airplane accident when they have between 50 and 350 flight hours — what he calls the Killing Zone.
Cold weather, impatience, and the Impossible Turn prove fatal for Cirrus pilot
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control after a partial loss of engine power during initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to follow airplane flight manual procedures and limitations for the turbocharged engine, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to cold weather effects on the turbocharger control system.
Picture of the Day: King Air at sunset
Brad Mathisen submitted this photo and note: “The King Air F90 after landing at Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU) in South Carolina just before sunset.”
A well-attired trip back in time
Twice every year, the 1940s return to Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU) in Colorado, an event that features fun and a lot of airplanes.