NTSB: Drone Flights Are Subject to FAA Regulations

The government has the power to hold drone operators accountable when they operate the remote-control aircraft recklessly, a federal safety board ruled Tuesday in a setback to small drone operators chafing under Federal Aviation Administration restrictions. The FAA had fined Raphael Pirker, an aerial photographer, $10,000 (www.nbcnews.com) More...

The Artistry of the Gear-Up Landing

Bored as I sometimes am with Aviation Hall of Fame nominees and Lifetime Achievement Awards, to amuse myself, I'm inventing a new category: Best filming of a gear-up landing. I'm calling it the Oh-S&^t Award and hope to announce it every year about this time. (www.avweb.com) More...

Passionate Pilot Flies Condemned Dogs

REDONDO BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Pilot Zachary Bryson is taking the rescuing of dogs to new heights. Bryan, an Orange County native who started a non-profit, Bryson Air, helps rescue dogs from difficult areas. These areas, including the deep South, are known for high euthanizing rates due to overcrowding. (losangeles.cbslocal.com) More...

Gulfstream G450 Overshoots Runway at Westchester County Airport HPN

No injuries were reported when the Gulfstream G450 aircraft went about 4 feet off the end of Runway 6 after landing at the White Plains airport shortly before 9 a.m., according to the FAA and airport officials. (www.nbcnewyork.com) More...

Internationally awesome!! (A good read)

The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum is one of the best visited museums on the planet. A quick glance around the main room can remove any mystery for why that might be. (generalaviationnews.com) More...

CAP to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal Dec. 10

- Some 200,000 men, women and teenagers from all walks of life – including stars of the silver screen and successful businessmen, future Tuskegee Airmen and aspiring pilots – participated in CAP during the war years, largely without recognition or reward. The organization was founded Dec. 1, 1941, six days before Pearl Harbor. (generalaviationnews.com) More...

Would you hesitate to declare an emergency?

My right seat passenger was a Horizon Air first officer. She thought she was used to bumpy rides. I was flying her to her domicile. She was supposed to report for work there within four hours of our scheduled arrival time. (generalaviationnews.com) More...

Impossible Turn: FAA Pilot Education Pamphlet

Turning back is the worst possible action when the powerplant fails during climbout in a single (www.cfidarren.com) More...

Barnstormer keeping aviation history alive

self-proclaimed "old washed-up barnstormer" will gladly take you above the tree line or across a field of cotton or around the Ross Barnett Reservoir doing lazy 8's and wing-overs in his red-and-blue 1929 Curtiss-Wright Travel Air biplane, a ride that can best be described as an old-fashioned roller coaster without tracks. (www.clarionledger.com) More...

Canadian Lancaster bomber is back at its home base

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Lancaster bomber is back at its home base in Hamilton, Ontario (about 40 miles west of Toronto) after a triumphant and, at times, dramatic six-week tour of the U.K. (www.avweb.com) More...