The FAA has more than 100 aging control towers at regional and municipal airports across the United States that will eventually need to be replaced.
Airport
Cirrus bent after encountering turbulence from cargo plane
I trusted the Tower to provide safe and adequate separation for our arrival and it could have cost us a lot more than a prop strike. I will not make that mistake again.
Picture of the Day: Compass Rose
Penny Hamilton submitted this photo and note: “Socially distant because of COVID-19 virus restrictions, but enjoying Colorado skies at Emily Warner Field (KGNB), volunteers of the Colorado Chapter of the Ninety-Nines improve the airport with a new compass rose.”
A month at Ryan Field
Glenn Brasch spent a month at Montana’s Ryan Field as the camp host. While he was there, he took lots of photos of the airfield, pilots, campers, and a work party that is helping transform the field, which is owned by the Recreational Aviation Foundation.
Pilot pats himself on the back a little too soon
I was pretty impressed with myself that I got stopped in time to quickly dart into the FBO, landing in a record short distance. Unfortunately for me, they have changed the procedures at SMO since the last time I was there.
Look, look, and look again
My takeaway is to look, look, and look again for aircraft that have turned for excessively long finals and also for planes doing wide (and I mean really wide) downwind legs. What you do about unwise training these days, I don’t know.
Work on runway begins for new Kentucky airport
The project is moving into the third of four phases, with a new FAA grant to pave and mark the 5,000 foot runway, taxiways, and apron.
A stay of execution in Hawaii
This is where the family feud analogy comes full circle in my mind. HDOT, the Army, and the FAA are all cousins, and on this topic, they aren’t getting along all that well.
New hangar in the works at KHZL
Half of the new hangar will be home to a charter company, while the other half is still available to lease.