Throughout the entire pattern we were ahead of the traffic but he was VERY close to our tail following behind us, with very little spacing. Our traffic alerting system was going off for the entire downwind, base, and final.
Aviation News
Picture of the Day: Straight as an Arrow
James Cramer submitted this photo and note: “A Piper Arrow 180 flying in formation south of Lake Tahoe. Pilot is Jim Cramer and photographer is David Benjamin.”
The engines that power LSA
While Rotax dominates the LSA engine market, other contenders, such as Jabiru, are making their mark.
Salem schools expand aviation program
The purchase of a building at McNary Field will serve as the home for the growing Career and Technical Education program.
Famed Alaska aviator flies west
Famed Alaskan pilot Merrill Wien passed away Jan. 8, 2023. He was 92.
Student pilot seriously injured when engine/propeller drive belt fails
Failure of the engine/propeller drive belt.
Picture of the Day: Aurora Borealis
Frederic Smet submitted this photo and note: “I generally send in pictures while flying my SR20. But this time I sent in a picture from the Boeing 737 MAX I fly since the Aurora Borealis was that amazing. Flying over Greenland on the way back from Philadelphia to Brussels.”
Pick your prognosticator
Unlike the news reports and financial predictions on television, the weather reports and forecasts actually matter on a day to day basis. Hourly, even. The fronts, the troughs, the ridges, the high and low pressure systems and, of course, those occasional tropical problems all catch the attention of pilots and dispatchers. As they should.
Aviation’s impact in North Carolina tops $72 billion
North Carolina’s 72 publicly owned airports contribute more than $72 billion to the state’s economy each year and support nearly 333,000 jobs, according to a report released in January 2023 by the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation.