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Aviation News
First-ever Oklahoma Student Pilot Day held
On April 6, 2023, more than 400 students and educators made the journey to American Airlines Hangar 80 at Tulsa International Airport (KTUL) to attend the first-ever Oklahoma Student Pilot Day.
Stories on an aerobatic competition and remote camping win writing prize
Harry Karmel, a 22-year-old university student and private pilot from the United Kingdom, is the winner of the fifth annual Richard L. Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots. Grace Eger of Michigan took second place with her story “Young and Reckless.”
King Schools expands Cessna Flight Training System
The complete set of courses allows a flight school to develop a professional pilot program that will take a candidate all the way from zero hours to airline hire, King Schools officials noted.
Belligerent pilot refuses Eclipse 500 pilot’s priority request
Not an emergency, however asked the other plane for priority to land with this problem. The other pilot said “no” to my priority request and stated, “You just think you should have priority because you are faster,” or words to that effect.
Picture of the Day: End of the day
Chris Souchon submitted this photo and note: “A Piper PA31-325 CR in Lusaka, Zambia, back in the the hangar after a day’s flying up north and just in time to beat the storm on the way home.”
Human Factors: No gentleman
In a strange case of life imitating art, an Oregon pilot crashes into the ocean after learning he has Stage 4 cancer. Can we learn anything from this crash?
Tackling the pilot shortage
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has received a $485,000 FAA grant to tackle the shortage of employees in the aviation industry by providing free training to high school students hoping to become pilots, drone operators, and aerospace engineers.
ForeFlight acquires CloudAhoy
Founded in 2011, CloudAhoy is a provider of post-flight debriefing, analytics, and flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) software for general aviation pilots and flight training organizations.