For the third year in a row, Oklahoma has maintained its top spot in the country with 116 schools scheduled to begin teaching the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s “You Can Fly” high school curriculum for the 2024-2025 school year.
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Sporty’s introduces Flight Gear Emergency Backup Battery
Sporty’s has introduced its Flight Gear Emergency Backup Battery, designed to provide backup power for your electronic flight bag (iPad/iPhone) and other portable devices.
A hazardous attitude of invulnerability
My student asked me if we should go look at it. However, I told myself that there was no way we hit the wingtip because I gave my student enough distance. My thought process was I’ve been to the run-up area before and I know the distance to turn.
Picture of the Day: Chicago
Rod McNeil submitted this photo and note: “Southbound under Class B.”
Dream Take Flight
Building her airplane was a total labor of love, says Lisa Turner, who adds: “I knew I loved aviation when I got started, but building that plane was also a process I fell in love with.”
Expansion project begins at KPQL
Officials at Trent Lott International Airport (KPQL) in Pascagoula, Mississippi, have released a 20-year plan for the airport, including a multi-million dollar expansion of the apron and taxiway connector.
ForeFlight’s latest release includes Wake Turbulence Alerts
Pilots can avoid unexpected wake turbulence in flight with the help of visual and auditory alerts, along with a map-based wake depiction system in ForeFlight Mobile, according to company officials.
Overweight post-maintenance flight ends in injuries
The pilot’s failure to complete proper preflight performance planning and his operation of the airplane outside of the manufacturer’s specified weight and balance limitations, which resulted in the airplane’s inability to maintain altitude and an impact with trees and terrain during an attempted forced landing.
Picture of the Day: Back to base
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “A Civil Air Patrol tow plane flies over after releasing the tow rope during glider operations at Grant County Airport in Petersburg, West Virginia.”