Combine a short-staffed tower, very busy airspace, and the result is a near miss and a controller meltdown.
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ATP opens new flight school at KGKY
The new flight training center at Arlington Municipal Airport will be ATP Flight School’s largest in Texas.
Video: One of a kind L-Bird
The local television channel’s “Bob and Ted’s Excellent Adventures” series focuses on a family’s L-19.
Virginia flight school to offer carbon offsets for training
The flight school’s owner hopes the new program will spur other flight schools to take similar steps.
Airport truck ‘plays chicken’ with Mooney
After reaching rotation speed, I observed the airport vehicle cross the runway in front of me. It appeared he was playing chicken. I considered rejecting the takeoff but could not be certain the power changes and braking would help avoid the collision.
A vintage flyer with a modern twist
From his first flights on Microsoft Flight Simulator, Artyom Liss has taken a step back in time, flying a 1946 Auster.
Ben Templeton’s flight of passage
Ben Templeton skipped his graduation from J. L. Mann High School in Greenville, South Carolina, to begin a super cross-country journey to the 48 lower states.
Texas riverbeds reopen to backcountry pilots
The unintended consequence of a Texas law prohibited aircraft from landing on riverbeds. The Recreational Aviation Foundation went to bat for backcountry pilots, and a new law has now reopened Texas riverbeds to pilots.
19-year-old makes it halfway around world
Zara Rutherford has reached the half-way point in her attempt to fly around the world. Weather and mechanical issues have delayed the flight, but she has made it halfway with her Sept. 29 arrival in Alaska.