After canceling a flight I’d planned due to weather, a friend commented to me as I tucked my airplane back into the hangar, “A lot of pilots have been buried on a sunny day because they flew when they shouldn’t have.”
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Washington’s Osoyoos Lake gets seaplane base
The base, positioned near the U.S.-Canada border, features two designated waterway landing zones: Runway 15W/33W, with an expansive 10,000-foot by 500-foot surface area, according to Washington state officials.
Dallas College launches new maintenance training program
The 13-month program, which began April 1, 2025, prepares students for FAA General, Airframe, and Powerplant (A&P) exams through hands-on training in a hangar at Dallas Executive Airport (KRBD).
New book on building a kit airplane released
“This is the book I wish I had before I started my kit airplane project,” says author Elby Gray.
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.
MOSAIC final rule expected by August
Designed to update the 2004 rules that created Light Sport Aircraft and the Sport Pilot certificate, the final MOSAIC rule — which has been in the works for years — is expected to be released this summer.
Thousands attend Women in Aviation conference
Among the more than 5,000 attendees were people from 34 countries around the world.