Justin Keller submitted the following photo and note: “This is me and my son getting ready to taxi out for a few touch and goes in a 1958 Cessna 172 at Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (KLBX) in Angleton/Lake Jackson, Texas. He likes to think he is driving on the way out to the runway. I tell […]
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Homage to the Golden Age
Dave and Jeanne Allen are well known in the antique airplane community as a husband-and-wife restoration team, tackling several Waco projects.
Policy changes could alleviate practical testing backlogs
Proposal hopes to lift geographic restrictions, CFI practical test to be scheduled directly with DPE and more.
Want to win a drone racing world cup? It pays to be a teen
Of the top eight winners in the 2018 FAI Drone Racing World Cup, six were in the junior category.
Call for Entries: The Richard Collins Writing Prize for young pilots
Those 24 and younger with a desire to write about general aviation are invited to submit their original manuscript.
Alaska Airmen to raffle Super Cub, private pilot training and more
Alaska Airmen to give away 10 prizes as part of their annual May raffle. Get your tickets today.
Birds strike Cessna 172
Probable cause: An in-flight collision with multiple birds.
Picture of the Day: Still working at 76
Steve Purcell submitted the following photo and note: “Maule M-7-260 14,500′ over the Bridger Wilderness Area in Western Wyoming in October 2018. VFR flight from Rapid City, S.D., to Afton, Wyoming. Pilots Curtis Hannay and CFI Steve Purcell. Ferry flight and checkout from WI. In a later email, he said: “Would like to add smooth […]
Music on the wind
Flying and playing music have a lot in common, which means there is an untapped market of potential pilots.