The student pilot’s excessive pitch during takeoff resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain. Contributing was the student’s failure to relinquish the controls when ordered by the instructor.
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Picture of the Day: Skyhawk rays
Matthew Baker submitted this photo and note: “A very cloudy sunset with sun rays coming from the sky as a Cessna 172 makes its turn towards the airport in Bartow, Florida.”
Plane Panels Part Two
Here’s another installment in “Can you pick a panel for a plane?” in which our Of Wings & Things columnist pairs some grand old Air Force cockpit photos with examples of the aircraft depicted, including the exotic German Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.
New home for the Reno Air Races
After a year-long search, the Reno Air Racing Association has found a new home for the National Championship Air Races: Roswell, New Mexico.
A fishy story
A one-of-a-kind design from world-renowned artist Derek DeYoung is featured on the Pilatus PC-12, reflecting the passion Duncan Aviation Board of Directors Chairman Todd Duncan has for fishing and the outdoors
Shelter from the storm
Facilities across Atlantic Aviation’s 105-location FBO network have set aside spots both inside and outside on a short-term basis to serve as safe, temporary homes for those aircraft that may need it.
Failure of the engine gearbox drive flange leads to forced landing
The failure of the engine gearbox drive flange, which resulted in a nose gear collapse during the subsequent precautionary landing in tall grass.
Picture of the Day: Escuadrilla Historica
Damian Kopac submitted this photo and note: “The Escuadrilla Histórica (Historic Squadron) belonging to the Argentina Air Force performing a low pass over the crowd during the first day of the EAA Convention Argentina 2024.”
Notes from an unknown veteran
I look at these snapshots from World War II and I wonder how their owner’s life went in peacetime. Did he pass me on the street, unseen, unrecognized? Did he ever get thanks for his efforts in the war?