by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 13, 2022 | #Aircraft, Airports, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots
Daniel Smith submitted this photo and note: “Overnight parking in the yard at Boonville Airport (26NC) in North Carolina for this 1940 Piper J-5A.” Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 12, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220623, Airports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Guest Editorial, Opinion, Pilots
Not every facet of non-towered airports operations has been addressed by the FAA. That leaves some things in a solid gray area and open to interpretation. One of these gray areas: Can two planes legally occupy the same runway at the same time? Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 11, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220623, Airports, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation
Over the last three years, Recreational Aviation Foundation Director Jeff Russell got grants from RAF for airfield improvements, as well as organizing work parties at the field to get it into shape to fit the requirements of a public-access airport. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 9, 2022 | #Aircraft, Airports, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots
Mark Carter sent in this photo, taken by John Henry of the Kentucky Department of Aviation, of a rainbow over Capital City Airport (KFFT) in Frankfort, Kentucky. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 9, 2022 | #Aircraft, Airports, AOPA, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Each pilot participating in the Poker Run earns a new card when they check in at public-use airports using the AOPA Pilot Passport program built into the AOPA App. The top three winners will win prizes — as well as the pilot with the worst hand. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 7, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220623, Airports, Aviation News, Briefings, Business Aviation, faa, flight training, flying, General Aviation, National Business Aviation Association, NBAA, News, Pilots
Since 2017, the FAA has recorded more than 1,300 incidents of an aircraft landing on the wrong runway, a taxiway, or at the wrong airport. More than 80% of those incidents involved general aviation aircraft, FAA officials report. Wrong surface departures are also a...
