The fifth edition features updated content reflecting new regulations and changes affecting aviation mechanic certification. Recent innovations in batteries and alternative fuels are also included, according to officials with Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA).
Aircraft
Extra flies under another plane on same runway
Once we were almost to touch down, we noticed the black profile of another aircraft at the landing end of the runway. As ZZZ1 is in a trough with trees on both sides and ridges, we had not the luxury to go right or left and abort, but to either climb out or go straight under.
Picture of the Day: Fall Colorado mountain flying
Shahn Sederberg submitted this photo and note: “Fall is one of the best times of the year to experience mountain flying in Colorado. This photo depicts Brian Beatty flying his 2022 AirVenture Bronze Lindy Award-winning kit champion RV-7 with the quaking golden Aspen trees beneath. In the passenger seat is Colorado Division of Aeronautics Aviation Education & Outreach Specialist Hetty Carlson.”
Once a pilot, always a pilot?
After a short hop, I am at my home base again, Whiteman Airport (KWHP) in Los Angeles, and all is well. I do not know yet that this will be the last time I have taken to the skies as PIC. After more than 30 years of flying it was over. Just like that.
A pilot’s paradise
For those pilots who couldn’t make the 2022 fly-in at Triple Tree Aerodrome, you can visit virtually by checking out a new vide by John Rob Holland. The 10-minute video covers the entire week at Triple Tree, which officials call a “pilot’s paradise.”
ForeFlight’s latest update includes mogas prices, favorite routes
The latest ForeFlight update includes mogas prices and availability, the ability to search for favorite or recent searches, a takeoff and landing summary, and more.
Picture of the Day: A serendipitous landing
Geoff Nicholson submitted this photo and note: “While performing acceptance flight testing of our newest SeaRey LSA, our test pilot Dan Nickens decided to take a break in this Florida lake. The scene turned out to be so amazing that he memorialized it with this photo.”
What is, what was, and what might one day be
Truthfully, the general aviation market and environment is as good or better than it has ever been. Our challenge remains, however. The pilots who attend safety seminars are by and large the pilots who least need the refresher. The pilots who don’t attend safety seminars are the pilots who present the greatest threat to the rest of us.
The impact of the EPA’s proposed endangerment finding on GA
“Any ban of 100LL for piston-powered aircraft before an unleaded alternative is widely available poses a serious safety risk to pilots, carries economic consequences to thousands of local communities, and is a violation of current federal rules and regulations.”