A HondaJet HA–420 overran an Oregon coast runway and came to rest partially submerged in Coos Bay on April 7, followed by another into the grass in Florida on April 9—the latest of more than two dozen similar incidents. The owners group seeks to arrest that trend with pilot training.
Two dozen former students of the United Aviate Academy accused the school owned by United Airlines of fraud and deceptive trade practices in a lawsuit seeking class action status.
For many aspiring pilots, the dream of flying for an airline can feel distant. But for Brycen Yamaguchi, a graduate of California Aeronautical University, that dream became a reality.
ATP Flight School will give an Airbus A320 type rating and an Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program (ATP CTP) each quarter to randomly selected alumni, the school announced February 19.
With the Piper Twin Comanche’s left engine fuel selector positioned to Off, the engine ran for 30 seconds or so before it stumbled, surged once, and then died.
For decades, there’s been an argument regarding the value of twin-engine airplanes versus single-engine airplanes. As co-owner of one of each, I agree that both designs have their virtues and drawbacks.
Every good weather briefing includes pireps. Those are pilot reports of turbulence, cloud cover, icing, and other flight conditions that have made their way through the weather reporting system. And they are useful for planning. But pilots of turbine airplanes benefit from a constant exchange of flight condition reports that are useful when it matters most—in flight.
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