Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid powerlines while maneuvering at low altitude.
Aircraft
Picture of the Day: When Your Engine Has Eyes
Will Vergonet submitted this photo and note: “Just a shot I noticed when reinstalling magnetos after an overhaul on a G58 Baron.”
Human Factors: No Such Thing as Routine
What can we learn from a training flight that never left the ground?
A Golden Year for the National Air and Space Museum
Five new galleries will open July 1, 2026, on the museum’s 50th anniversary.
Cirrus Unveils G3 Vision Jet
The G3 Vision Jet includes a reimagined interior with an expanded seating option, as well as ATC Datalink and more than 30 refinements to the jet, according to company officials.
New Tools Added to Garmin Pilot Web
New routing tools join a new graphical editing feature to make flight planning easier for pilots.
Student and CFI Land on Road After Starving the Engine of Fuel
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s lack of fuel management during the flight and the flight instructor’s inadequate monitoring of his student’s fuel management, resulting in fuel starvation and a forced landing to a highway.
Picture of the Day: Flight Through Manhattan
Stuart Bain submitted this photo and note: “Biplanes from the Bayport Aerodrome (23N) in New York did a flight around the Statue of Liberty in the summer of 2025. Three Stearmans and one N3N were in the formation.”
Dinner And A Movement
By committing themselves to a mission that has legs, EAA Chapter 1240 hasn’t just embarked on a plan that makes them feel good about themselves. They’re expanding their reach in the community, gaining new members, and helping to put young people on a path to a bigger, more enriching life than this rural community might have offered otherwise.