A new post from Flying Magazine details the best general aviation airports to view Aug. 21’s solar eclipse, but don’t start planning your flight yet. With the solar eclipse less than two weeks away, airports throughout the line of totality are bracing for heavy traffic, with many already booked solid. The post lists a number […]
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Second Captain Jepp Challenge launches
Jeppesen and the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association (AOPA) recently launched the second year of the “Captain Jepp Challenge” to encourage continued pilot learning and the enhancement of flying skills. Participants in the program register to attend free, in-person or online seminars, forums, educational courses and webinars throughout the year to earn program points and […]
Flyover Country app released
Ever wonder what you are flying over? A new free app, Flyover Country, has the answer for you. Funded by the National Science Foundation, researchers in the University of Minnesota’s Department of Earth Sciences developed the offline mobile app. The free app lets users track their flight using GPS and discover the world below with geologic […]
Wings Over Camarillo Air Show Aug. 18-19
The 37th annual Wings Over Camarillo Air Show is slated for Aug. 19-20 at Camarillo Airport in California. With the feeling of an old-time barnstorming air show crossed with a big party, the Wings Over Camarillo Air Show is celebrating its 37th year with a Salute To Veterans. Special veterans’ events and military aircraft are […]
Equipment failure contributes to crash in a forest
The pilot reported that, after takeoff, the Zenith CH-750’s engine lost partial power about 100 feet above ground level and that he then attempted to return to the airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He added that “the engine would not keep me flying and the airplane just fell into the forest.” The pilot was seriously injured in […]
A glimpse of a glacier
Frequent contributor David Baldwin sent us this photo, which gives us a view of the Knik Glacier in Alaska on a “fabulously clear day” as he flies his Kitfox to this year’s Valdez Fly-In.
Delta Flight Museum launches the 747 Experience
By MARTY STEINER Airline museums range from boring glass cases filled with a hodgepodge of miscellaneous stuff to a flight line of vintage airliners in varying states of outdoor exposure and decay. Some have brought an aircraft or two indoors, restored it and may have some limited viewing or even a walk-through tour or display. […]
NTSB releases final report on ICON A5 accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on the May 8, 2017, accident in which ICON Aircraft employees Jon Karkow and Cagri Sever lost their lives. In an analysis of the accident, NTSB investigators note that Karkow, a commercial pilot, was performing a new employee familiarization flight with Sever, who had just […]
President’s visits hurt small airports
Thor Solberg’s business is down — try practically nonexistent — at a time when it’s usually way up, and he has President Donald Trump to thank for it, according to an Associated Press story. Solberg owns Solberg-Hunterdon Airport, one of two small airports in western New Jersey that are essentially closed down because they are […]