Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control after an engine access cover opened during the initial climb.
General Aviation
Picture of the Day: Cheat River Island Adventure
Cynthia Kercher submitted this photo and note: “Bristell N24CE made a practice flight to Cheat River Island Airport (56WV) in Rowlesburg, West Virginia, from Deck Airport (9D4) in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, in preparation for the upcoming Cheat River Fall Fly-In 2025 on Oct. 11. Very nice grass runway with a fascinating approach. A great little airport in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia.”
Proposed ADS-B bill will protect general aviation
The Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act will do nothing to harm aviation. It will, however, safeguard a pilot’s privacy while ensuring that ADS-B — a safety tool required by the FAA for aircraft operating in controlled airspace and funded by pilots — is used for its intended purpose and not for economic gain.
Pilots inspire Girl Scouts at Naples Airport
More than 50 Girl Scouts had opportunities to climb aboard vintage planes, learn aircraft marshaling signals, and meet Collier County MedFlight pilots and EMTs during Girls in Aviation Day at Naples Airport (KAPF).
Sporty’s continues free webinar series for pilots
Upcoming webinars delve into home simulators, legal issues for pilots, engine operations in the real world, and flying with the iPad as your copilot.
New restaurant opens at KSGU
The Jet-A-Way Café has opened at the Million Air FBO at St. George Regional Airport.
Student crashes into windsock
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s loss of airplane control during takeoff, which resulted in a bounced landing and impact with the airport’s windsock.
Picture of the Day: Goodyear Blimps
Richard Neville submitted this photo and note: “Two Goodyear blimps buzzing the control tower on arrival at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025.”
True grassroots flying
While it looked and sounded like 1928 at Brodhead Airport in Wisconsin, it actually was early September 2025 at the Midwest Antique Airplane Club’s Grassroots Fly-In.