“With her wealth of experience and passion for aviation, Priscilla is an experienced leader that will guide our organization into an exciting new chapter,” association officials said.
Alaska
Pictures of the Day: Flying over glaciers
Jim Stevenson sent in these photos with a note: “During May of 2023 I flew in Alaska for a few weeks and captured these photographs while flying over glaciers.”
Video captures effect of climate change on Alaska glacier
“The video distills 40 years of flying over the same glacier area and how things have changed,” Marshall Severson told General Aviation News staff.
Picture of the Day: Only the Skywagons
Jeff DeFreest sent in this photo with a note: “The three Skywagons at Murphy’s Pullout (8K9) are the only planes left on the ramp as the first snow came to Ketchikan, Alaska, in 2024.”
New video reveals the thrill of flying in Alaska
“The kind of flying we’re doing here isn’t something you learn in books. Each flight brings new challenges and it gets a little less scary every time, so it quickly becomes addictive to keep pushing that edge,” says Andrew Esola.
Picture of the Day: Alaska bush mail service
Mark Bach submitted this photo and note: “I took this photo of the de Havilland Otter owned by Taquan Air, our mail service provider. In the photo is Mark, pilot of the aircraft, and Dick Simpson, the mail pick-up and delivery man, pulling the plane up against the float plane dock in Hyder, Alaska.”
Picture of the Day: At the seaplane base
Rob Stapleton sent in this photo with a note: “A Cessna 185 floatplane sits moored to the east shore of Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage, Alaska, Sept. 1, 2024. Autumn is quickly coming with glorious skies, cooler temperatures, and dwindling daylight evenings.”
Textron Aviation relocates parts stockroom in Alaska
From Fairbanks to Anchorage.
Picture of the Day: Alaska Range from an Otter’s POV
Josh Maher submitted this photo and note: “An aerial tour of the Alaska Range in a de Havilland Otter via Talkeetna Air Taxi.”