The top two stories in the fourth annual Richard Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots detail “my first time at the controls of an airplane.”
PMA granted for rear shoulder restraints for early Cessnas
Alpha Aviation recently received FAA Parts Manufacturer Approval to re-establish production of a three-point rear passenger restraint for early Cessna 170, 172, 175, 180, 182, and 185 series aircraft.
Picture of the Day: Yard parking
Daniel Smith submitted this photo and note: “Overnight parking in the yard at Boonville Airport (26NC) in North Carolina for this 1940 Piper J-5A.”
Drones may replace scarecrows
In the future of farming, cameras could spot birds feeding on crops and launch drones to drive off the birds, then return to watch for the next invading flock. All without a human nearby.
Lone Star Flight Museum to host 2023 FlightSimExpo
The Flight Simulation Association will hold its 2023 FlightSimExpo June 23-25, 2023, at the Lone Star Flight Museum at Ellington Airport (KEFD) near Houston, Texas.
Aviation radio sim adds PFD
The update delivers a digital PFD where pilots can view and process information about aircraft attitude, navigation, and radios to the AI-based simulator for aviation communications and radio procedures training.
Picture of the Day: Is this Heaven?
Megan Vande Voort sent in this photo with a note: “The B-25 ‘Lady Luck’ watches the kids of Mason City, Iowa’s, Third Thursday engage in their monthly baseball game. Brings to mind the famous quote from the 1989 film Field of Dreams: ‘Is this Heaven? No, it’s Iowa.'”
Is it legal for two planes to be on the same runway at the same time?
Not every facet of non-towered airports operations has been addressed by the FAA. That leaves some things in a solid gray area and open to interpretation. One of these gray areas: Can two planes legally occupy the same runway at the same time?
Volunteers work together to open 23W to the public
Over the last three years, Recreational Aviation Foundation Director Jeff Russell got grants from RAF for airfield improvements, as well as organizing work parties at the field to get it into shape to fit the requirements of a public-access airport.