Michael E. Finney submitted this photo and note: “My wife, Sherry, took this photo of my plans-built Cub. I fly from our home airport, Finney’s Airpark (II77), near Albany, Indiana.”
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The basics of transitioning
The FAA provides us with minimum standards for our aeronautical endeavors, which we would be wise to remember are literally minimum standards. These should not be the end point of our training and currency goals. The wise pilot seeks proficiency, not merely a willingness to fly.
Freedom Aviation Network partners with Homeland Security to combat human trafficking
Freedom Aviation Network uses volunteer general aviation pilots to provide transportation to survivors of human trafficking and their advocates.
Defibrillators deployed at Idaho backcountry airstrips
In coordination with the Backcountry Aviation Defibrillator Project, Daher provided two Kodiak 100s to deploy the automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at four remote backcountry airstrips in Idaho.
Sisters of the Skies win 2023 Clifford Henderson Award
“The growth of aviation as an industry and as a career is threatened by the lack of a broad pipeline for talent,” said NAA President and CEO Greg Principato. “Sisters of the Skies makes an incredible contribution to solving that problem. They are building the future of aviation. It is exactly this kind of passion and commitment that we seek to honor with the Clifford Henderson Trophy, and it will be an honor to present the 2023 award to Sisters of the Skies.”
Neither pilot sees the other until the last minute in near-miss
While flying southbound at approximately 6,000 feet I passed just under another training aircraft that was traveling east-west in the practice area. I did not even see them until they had passed right in front of us.
Picture of the Day: Hunter’s Cub
Mike Townsley submitted this photo and note: “A visitor to Sig Field (7C5) in Montezuma, Iowa, on July 13, 2023. Hunter is from Charlottesville, Virginia, flying towards home.”
Questions from the Cockpit: Color me confused
Sammi, a student pilot in Arizona, writes: Next door to my flight school is a ritzy FBO (where I score my morning coffee) that has one of those electric maps in the lobby with colored lights that show the flight conditions across the nation – green for VFR, blue for MVFR, red for IFR, and magenta for LIFR. So cool and so beautiful! But…also so confusing. Uncle Google gave me the ceilings and vis’es for the various flight conditions, but I can’t seem to find them in the regs. What’s the story here?
Virginia teacher selected as aerospace educator of the year
The Crossfield Award, founded in 1986 by renowned test pilot Scott Crossfield, recognizes a teacher for his or her exemplary use of aerospace in their classroom.