Had the airliner not taken evasive action, they would have most certainly crashed into me.
Pilots
Picture of the Day: High Five
Kevin Quinn submitted this photo and note: “Kash man, my 10-year-old, giving the world a ‘High Five’ as he rides in the family Stearman for the first time, asking for one loopty loop after another.”
Maule-ard duck camps at Oshkosh
Put a duck on a Maule, put a Maule on floats, and put it all on the North 40 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. That’s what Alec Thayer, an enthusiastic seaplane instructor from Philadelphia, did for fun this summer.
Camping at Oshkosh
Camping at Oshkosh is a time-honored tradition for many general aviation pilots. Some stick with the herd, while others try to stand out.
An Alabama Champion
ABC 33/40, an Alabama-based ABC television affiliate, recently posted a news story featuring Major Anthony Tisdale, an Air Force pilot who leads a summer camp for kids through Operation Aviation Foundation. The segment calls Tisdale “An Alabama Champion,” while he tells the news station that he really wishes a camp like this had been available when he was learning to fly.
Sporty’s new distributor for Champion Aerospace
As a new distributor, Sporty’s will stock a selection of Champion oil filters and spark plugs, catering to a wide array of aircraft types and models, according to company officials.
Failure to see and avoid results in one plane landing on top of another
The pilot of the departing airplane’s failure to see and avoid the landing airplane before takeoff, resulting in a collision with the landing airplane. Contributing was the airport’s failure to encourage pilots to use radios for traffic deconfliction when equipped.
Picture of the Day: Any port in a storm
Dan McCully submitted this photo and note: “A twin engine aircraft lands before a squall at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (KTNT) in the everglades of Ochopee, Florida.”
Share the gift of communication
We in the U.S. have the remarkable freedom to fly an aircraft from coast to coast in airspace that asks virtually nothing of us. We’re not required to communicate, so a disquieting number of us simply don’t.