Even after making frequent radio calls the other pilot had no spatial awareness as to what I was doing and where I was. If I didn’t do the go-around in time I would’ve risked crashing into the other plane. If I didn’t go to the right of the runway and tell the other pilot my location there was a risk of a mid-air collision.
Aircraft
Picture of the Day: Fool’s Spring
Dale Weir submitted this photo and note: “’Flying during Fool’s Spring’ in the Pacific Northwest, with Mt. Rainier and Lake Tapps in the foreground.”
Ask Paul: Does it make sense to add turbo to my Cherokee 6?
Even though this is a reasonable idea, it just is not a smart move financially.
Flight training costs stabilize after increasing steadily for several years
Median costs for a private pilot certificate remain approximately $14,000, with training durations steady at around six months.
Catalyst turboprop engine certified
Officials with GE Aerospace say the Catalyst, a new centerline, clean-sheet design, is the first turboprop engine to be certified to the latest standards, which include more than 20 new requirements.
Compromised oil pressure line fitting proves fatal for two
An in-flight fire due to a compromised oil pressure line fitting, which resulted in a collision with terrain during a subsequent emergency landing.
Picture of the Day: Colorful aircraft
Dan Oliver submitted this photo and note: “Four different colored airplanes all in one shot. Taken at Clermont County Airport (I69) in Batavia, Ohio.”
The tenacity of why
Never lose the childlike innocence that allows us to ask why so often when we were young. Cherish it as a gift. Too many of us push it out of our minds in an attempt to cast off childish things in favor of adulthood. It’s the dreamers who do big things. That has always been the case.
GA advocate raises alarm about California unleaded avgas court motion
The court action is “premature and counterproductive,” and could “cause undue harm to the general aviation community,” according to officials with the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).