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Cessna 310F Orange, Massachusetts/Injuries: 1 Fatal, 1 Minor The pilot and passenger were on a pleasure flight in the multi-engine airplane and at the last moment the pilot decided to conduct a touch-and-go landing and takeoff at a nearby airport. During a short final leg of the landing approach, the pilot recalled seeing white and […]

The flight instructor reported that this was the student pilot’s first solo in a tailwheel-equipped airplane

Across     1  Swiss plane maker     5  Parallel and opposing force to the aircraft’s motion through the air     7  Airplane sales argument or one of the axes     8  Experienced decreased lift by exceeding the angle of attack   10  Runway visual range, abbr.   11  Watch closely   12  Landing zone abbreviation […]

Across     1  Makers of the A5 amphibious airplane     3  First Flyer flyer     7  An “S’ turn     9  Pilotless fliers   11  What pilots try to mitigate   13  Gained altitude   15  Hardwood tree   16  Lighting system on a non-precision runway, abbr.   18  Gravity is a powerful one   […]

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Pilots heading to Sun ‘n Fun 2021 had no real idea what to expect. As evening approached on Sunday set-up day, a big black storm cloud rolled over Sun ‘n Fun’s Lakeland Airport campus, blowing guard shacks and plastic bathrooms around like pieces of paper. An omen? Hardly! The next morning… The good news is […]

Can aviation lead us back toward normal? Globally, governments have ordered their citizens to stay at home and all the rest, as you’ve heard ad naseum. Some places — Florida, as a sunshining example — is more open than others but much of civilization remains restricted. • Article updated… see at bottom —DJ Again I ask, […]

Across     1  ____ E100     4  Might be a Goose, might be a Mallard   10  GPS provides it, for short   11  “Sporty’s learn to fly course” or “Foreflight/Garmin Pilot,” for example   12  METAR “misty” for me   14  Piper _____ PA-28-236   15  The last word in airplane makers (abbr.)   […]

Across 1 Control surface that in French means “little wing” 5 Trousers for the wheels? 8 Not a pusher 9 Snaps or barrels 11 Slang for applying max power 14 Letters for the deluxe model 15 Best guess at getting there (abbr.) 18 Noise of an engine 19 This time, or Hobbs? 20 A good […]

Across     1  So small, the FAA doesn’t consider them “aircraft”     8  Number of seats in a Van’s RV-7A     9  How they refer to your rental when the avgas is included in the cost   10  PA-12 Super _____   11  It can affect the price of a pre-owned plane   12  What […]