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Loss of control fatal for Piper pilot
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in the exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.
Picture of the Day: Fire in the sky
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi captured this fiery shot at the end of the night air show on Wednesday, April 2, at the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo.
Tips to shoot stunning photos from your airplane
Want to capture the epic scenes you see while flying? A veteran pilot offers tips and tricks to get the best photographs you can.
Vulcanair shows off V1’s design changes for U.S. market
The company also updated plans on its new manufacturing facility in North Carolina, its collaboration to offer the DeltaHawk engine on the trainer, and a new financing program for flight schools.
NTSB introduces new online portal for accident reports
Now pilots can submit NTSB Form 6120.1 on a phone or computer directly on the NTSB website, “providing a user-friendly option that also ends the need for investigators to manually input the information,” NTSB officials said.
Garmin introduces its first carbon monoxide detector for aircraft
The GCO 14 integrates CO level monitoring and alerting into GTN Xi navigators, GI 275 flight instruments, and TXi flight displays.
Fuel contamination leads to total loss of engine power
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power as a result of fuel contamination.
Picture of the Day: A safe landing
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi captured this photo on opening day of the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo, which runs April 1-6 at Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) in Florida, explaining: “This was just after he landed after his engine cowling separated mid-flight.”