In case you missed them, here’s a lists of the most read stories on the General Aviation News website in 2021.
Pilots
Avfuel founder to be honored as Living Legend of Aviation
Following a year when aviation fuel made headlines, the founder of Avfuel is being honored by the Living Legends of Aviation.
One membership, two museums
A new agreement gives members of the Experimental Aircraft Association and the Academy of Model Aeronautics access to both organization’s museums.
Teen publishes math reference book using well-known aviation concept
Katarina Costa, 17, has just released “Math QRH,” which uses an aviation concept — Quick Reference Handbook, well-known to jet pilots — to help people do better with mathematics and STEM subjects.
The Maule family reunion
The ninth annual Maule and All Fly-In brought a record number of airplanes to Maule Aircraft’s factory at Georgia’s Spence Airport.
Volunteer pilots fly nearly 1,000 endangered birds to new home
Volunteer pilots transported captive-bred masked bobwhite quail chicks to a wildlife refuge in Arizona in hopes that the endangered species can thrive once again.
NASA taps university students to research eliminating aircraft emissions
“Aviation of the future has to be climate friendly to keep the world flying, and a great way to do that is to allow tomorrow’s top minds to begin making contributions to these goals while still in school.”
Aviation Career Day planned at 3AU
The inaugural event is designed to showcase aviation and aviation careers to the next generation “and anyone else who may be interested,” according to airport officials.
Counting Zs…or maybe not
Being tired is nothing new for many of us. Being excessively tired may be a problem for many of us. As pilots, that lack of rest, or good productive sleep, is a real issue of concern.