Veteran pilot Patricia Osborn has released her new children’s book, “The Fire Truck That Could Fly,” with illustrations from Eric Castleman.
Aircraft
Picture of the Day: His First AirVenture
Scott and Jessica Goerne submitted these photos and a note: “While 2023 was our fourth time coming to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, it was our son’s first! He is only 11 months old and it turns out he loves airplanes just as much as he loves his cars and trucks at home! In the first picture we are back home with his first ever Oshkosh shirt. The second photo is from Chester V’s while at dinner. He absolutely enjoyed the traffic flying over as they were coming to land on the North 40 landing strip. Anything and everything that was flying in the sky during our stay within the campground he was looking to the sky! He especially loved the jets, but would get mad when the noise was on one side of camp but the Jet was somewhere else! We hope that in years to come we can continue this as a family tradition and he continues to learn more and love the shows just as much as we do!”
Birds of a feather
One of the most common questions our oils expert receives is from pilots wondering why general aviation is in the same spot regarding unleaded avgas as it was 25 years ago.
Behind the scenes at the Oshkosh tower
Ever wonder what it would be like to be an air traffic controller at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh? In the newest video in the “Why I Fly” series from the National Aviation Hall of Fame.
Society of Experimental Test Pilots honor pilot of all-electric aircraft
Steve Crane, the test pilot for Eviation Aircraft, a manufacturer of all-electric aircraft, won the 2023 Iven C. Kincheloe Award for Alice’s first flight.
San Diego museum honors black aviators with new exhibit
The centerpiece of the “Breaking Barriers” exhibit is an animatronic featuring Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. exploring the history of pioneering Black American aviators and astronauts, as well as a P-51 Mustang painted in the Tuskegee Airmen’s distinctive “Red Tail” Squadron design.
Pilot seriously injured when plane crashes from fuel exhaustion
The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Picture of the Day: Scout at La Ferté Alais
Simon Paul submitted this photo and note: “A Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5A Scout performing at the La Ferté Alais Air Show, just south of Paris, France, on June 27, 2023. A great show with many old-timers and warbirds.”
The downside of convenience
What the Cub pilot thinks of as a long runway the B-737 pilot sees as entirely inadequate. To say it another way: In aviation, size matters. In fact, it matters a lot.