by Joanna Manning | Apr 21, 2021 | 20210415, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
A grassroots effort to help veterans dealing with PTSD by combining flying in a general aviation aircraft and fellowship afterwards led by a counselor has proven so successful that it’s been expanded to help kids dealing with drug and alcohol addiction. Read...
by Sparky Barnes | Apr 19, 2021 | 20210415, airplanes, Aviation News, Feature, General Aviation, Pilots
When he was just a 16-year-old student pilot Dan Helsper saw a Pietenpol Air Camper, “the most beautiful thing” he’d ever seen. He vowed then and there to build one of his own some day. Read...
by Joni M. Fisher | Apr 18, 2021 | 20210415, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
The Old Farts Flying Club is very informal and simple: There are no dues, initiation, requirements, or vetting. Just an email list informing pilots where the next gathering will be. Events range from meeting for the mythical $100 hamburger to hangar flying to tours of...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 17, 2021 | Aviation News, faa, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots, Video
“A lack of awareness, with respect to angle of attack (AOA), has resulted in the loss of aircraft control and contributed to fatal GA accidents,” FAA officials note in the video’s introduction. “Increasing a pilot’s awareness of the aerodynamic...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 14, 2021 | 20210415, Aviation News, aviation safety, Feature, General Aviation
What goes through your mind when your engine betrays you? General Aviation News contributor Bill Walker takes us through his thoughts and actions when his engine went silent just 950 feet in the air. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 7, 2021 | Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots, Video
April 6, 2021, marked the 97th anniversary of the official start of the Douglas World Cruiser’s historic flight around the world. To mark the occasion, the Seattle World Cruiser Team put together a video that highlights events from that 1924 flight, as well as some...
