By MATT THOMASON “If you’ve seen one airport, you’ve seen one airport.” The simple premise of this popular expression is that each airport is one-of-a-kind, matchless, unique. Airports can vary by size, shape, geography, airspace, and many other things. Public perceptions of airports can also vary depending on the individual’s point of view. To some, […]
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Video: Millenium Phenom
Those who saw our Picture of the Day from Smitty Smith of FunPlacestoFly.com of the Millennium Falcon on a jet will recognize that same jet in this video, photographed, produced and edited by Todd Comeau. It gives an up-close look at the incredible paint job on the Millennium Phenom.
Sport Air Racing League prepares for takeoff
Entries are now open for the early events of the 2017 season of the Sport Air Racing League. The league has offered open course cross-country air racing since 2007. All pilots and all fixed-wing propeller driven aircraft are eligible to participate. “Yes, any pilot can be an air racer,” organizers said. “The Sport Air Racing League offers […]
SUN ‘n FUN Seabird Splash-In slated
The SUN ’n FUN 2017 Seabird Splash-In is set for April 1-2, 2017, at Tavares Seaplane Base (FA1) in Tavares, Florida. The weekend will include contests on the water and transit to the SUN ’n FUN Expo campus for the 43rd annual SUN ’n FUN International Fly- In & Expo on Monday, April 3. The airshow’s official opening […]
WASP’s 100th birthday to be celebrated
The opening reception of Women in Aviation International’s 2017 annual conference will be turned into a 100th birthday party for WASP Dawn Seymour. Accompanied by her two daughters, Dawn will attend the 28th International Women in Aviation Conference March 2-4, 2017, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. As a Women Airforce […]
Online drone pilot ground school launches
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has partnered with King Schools to provide commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators with the training they need to obtain a Remote Pilot Certificate, a requirement under the FAA’s recently-implemented small UAS rule. “Now that we have rules governing the commercial operations of UAS, we want to ensure […]
Student plows 152 into snow bank
According to the student pilot, he was performing takeoffs and landings in the local traffic pattern at the airport in Shirley, N.Y. While on short final, he flared too high, the Cessna 152 stalled, then landed hard and bounced. He attempted a go-around, however the plane veered to the left and hit a snow bank. An FAA […]
Business as usual
Star Novak sent in this photo, with a quick note: “Headed northbound for yet another business flight, the pilot of this PA28 takes up the gear as he departs from a grass strip in Kansas.”
A new pilot’s first flying vacation
As a relatively new pilot — having received my pilot certificate on April 3, 2015 — I’ve logged about 190 hours. Some of that includes the first multi-state, week-long trip I’ve ever done and by far the furthest I’ve flown as PIC. The series of VFR flights would take my wife, Tameka, and I from our […]