“From Learjet captain to owner/operator of the U.S.’s largest charter airline to Honorary Commander of McConnell Air Force Base’s 931st Air Refueling Wing and the Wichita River Festival’s Admiral Windwagon Smith, Ron Ryan has served global aviation and his local community with creative leadership, vision, and generosity worthy of lasting recognition as a recipient of the Wichita Aero Club Trophy.”
Pilots
LogTen Pilot Logbook for Apple Watch introduced
The new app allows pilots in the cockpit to log essential flight information right from their wrist, according to officials with Coradine, developer of LogTen.
CFI’s foot gets entangled in headset cord
During the turn, my foot became entangled in my headset cord. In an effort to manage the aircraft, I pulled my headset plugs from the ports and dislodged my headset on my head. It is a very confined area in a Cessna 152 and the ports are under the center portion of the instrument panel.
Picture of the Day: Happy Simon
David Nuss submitted this photo and note: “Simon Scott and Pappy (David Nuss) flying Pappy’s 1946 BC-12D1 Taylorcraft. The Oldstown Flying Tails (81OH) runway was a little wet for takeoff, so Simon was being delayed while the runway dried. Every so often Simon would test how wet the runway was by rubbing his hand on the grass and report the results to Pappy. It was hilarious. Looks like Simon and Pappy are having a good time.”
First remote tower proves its success
The FAA has authorized continued operations at the remote ATC tower at Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia, the first in the agency’s remote tower program.
NAFI MentorLIVE hits milestone
The 50th episode of the National Association of Flight Instructors live-streaming broadcast features Captain Brian Schiff and aerobatic Master Instructor Mark King in “Understanding Stalls and Spins.”
Enhancing situational awareness at airports
uAvionix has launched its upgraded dual-frequency ADS-B receiver, pingStation 3, to enhance situational awareness at airports. pingStation 3 integrates 978 and 1090 MHz ADS-B receivers, GPS, antenna, and a Power-Over-Ethernet (POE) interface into a weatherproof enclosure.
Boeing puts out call to CFIs to complete new survey
Boeing has teamed with the National Association of Flight Instructors on the survey, which is designed to gather information on “digital learning practices in early career pilot training.”
Pilot mistakenly takes off from taxiway
The Tower cleared me for takeoff, but did not say to use Bravo to get to the runway, which was behind me. Once cleared for takeoff I crossed both sets of dashed lines thinking I was on Runway XXR, but later realized I was aligned with a taxiway.