David Bernacki submitted this photo and note: “My observer Willam Ballard caught a beautiful image of a single pop-up thunderstorm off of Edisto Beach, South Carolina, during a US Coast Guard Auxiliary Maritime Observation Flight. I was piloting a Maule M-5-210C at 1,000 feet about five miles off the coast as part of our mission.”
Aircraft
Air show Italian Style
The California Capital Airshow is usually held in the fall, but organizers shifted the date in 2024 to bring the Italian Air Force’s flight demonstration team, the Frecce Tricolori, to Northern California air show fans.
Construction begins on new tower at KTUL
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Aug. 1, 2024, at Tulsa International Airport (KTUL) for its new Senator James M. Inhofe Air Traffic Control Tower Complex, the airport’s largest infrastructure project in its history.
Aspiring pilots get boost from LogTen Pilot Logbook
Flight Schedule Pro’s LogTen Pilot Logbook, a digital pilot logbook provider for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, is a new partner with Breaking Down Barriers.
Crimson Edition King Air unveiled
The order book is open for the new “Crimson Edition” King Air, which features a new interior and a red and silver exterior paint scheme. Deliveries will begin in 2025, according to company officials.
Picture of the Day: D-Day drop
Jim Jazdzewski submitted this photo and note: “The C47 Skytrain ‘Wild Kat’ performs a World War II D-Day airborne drop demonstration during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, a very solemn and humbling tribute commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The overcast and gray sky seemed appropriate for this picture.”
Sustaining general aviation
All the data I’ve found seems to point to a General Aviation inventory just over 200,000. And it has been there for a few decades.
New A&P program gets $4.4 million boost
Beginning in the fall of 2024, Pensacola State College will train students to become certified aviation mechanics in a new program at Pensacola International Airport (KPNS).
Always wanted to see the runway at ATL?
As a general aviation pilot, seeing a runway up close at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) probably isn’t going to happen — in your airplane. But you can run on it during the 10th annual Mayor’s 5K on the 5th Runway.