You might have checked all the boxes and met the technical standard for the completion of the training for your pilot certificate or additional rating. But are you competent? Do you have the confidence to perform under pressure? The difference between being qualified and being competent can be very small, but it is a critical distinction.
General Aviation
Electric aircraft race in the works
Pre-registration is now open for the first Pulitzer Electric Aircraft Race, planned for May 2023. The race will be a four-day, 1,000-nm cross-country race beginning in Omaha, Nebraska, and ending near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
GA aircraft featured in Sherwin-Williams calendar
The 2023 calendar from The Sherwin-Williams Company features a variety of general aviation aircraft, including a Cirrus Vision jet and SR22, a Van’s RV-14A, and Mooney M20J.
Entry Door LED Light approved for King Airs
The Entry Door LED light, which replaces incandescent bulbs, features a bayonet socket for “a true plug-and-play direct replacement installation, without aircraft mods,” PWI officials noted.
A gap in pattern protocol
Tower angrily informs me that I have cut in front of the above Cessna, who is also on downwind departure. I apologize and said that I was unaware of their position and presumed that I was far behind them.
Picture of the Day: The Oshkosh experience
Jim Hausch submitted this photo and note: “Friends and our airplane at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022…before the Saturday storm!”
I can’t believe I just did that
A flight home is the most extreme test yet of this instrument-rated pilot’s proficiency.
Six little-known pioneers of aviation
You know these names: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart. But are you familiar with the names Sir George Cayley, Otto Lilienthal, and Bessie Coleman?
Sand Shark joins museum’s collection
The AH-1F Cobra, restored to commemorate the crews and aircraft that participated in Desert Storm 1990-1991, is part of the Airbase Arizona Flying Museum’s “100 Years of Military” exhibition.