Personally, I think the Next Generation Aviation Academy is great idea and hope that first baby step with both the airlines and the banks becomes a reality.
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Speed records set by electric aircraft
The Spirit of Innovation, an electric airplane, recently broke two speed records.
Super Bowl safety plan for general aviation pilots revealed
Pilots must be aware of the latest flight advisories and check Notices to Air Missions (NOTAM) before flying, officials add. Pilots and drone operators who enter the TFRs without permission could face penalties that top $30,000 and potential criminal prosecution.
Lightspeed introduces new leather backpack for pilots
The leather backpack features pockets for a headset, charts, sunglasses, and more.
Pilot has trouble turning on runway lights at KSQL
Our aircraft was not able to turn the lights on after multiple attempts. Another C172 entered the pattern shortly after initiating the go-around. That aircraft was able to get the lights to come on.
Picture of the Day: Tough little plane
Steve Davis submitted this photo and note: “My beautiful CH750 STOL after landing in the sage. The Thunderbolt IO233 sheared a piston rod, which destroyed the engine…after 285 hrs. No damage to the 750 after the dead stick landing, but got a few minor scratches after trailering it out of the desert. Seven more flight minutes and we would have been over the tall Oregon fir and pines, and the outcome would have been different. Tough little plane!
It takes a crooked tail to fly a straight line
Some airframe designers have built in offset for the vertical fin to help compensate for the phenomena that move an airplane’s direction of flight to the left.
New flight training program using virtual reality cuts time to solo by 30%
“We have had students who finished and soloed in times that we have never seen before,” Embry-Riddle Flight Training Manager Nicole Hester said. “We’re also getting feedback from our instructor pilots that students in the new program can immediately control the airplane and understand radio communications very well.”
Swiss pilots flying around the world to advocate for greener aviation
Flying a Diamond DA50, the two pilots are stopping places where initiatives for sustainable aviation are working, as well as using Sustainable Aviation Fuel and carbon offsets.