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September 17, 2023

EAA Ray Aviation Scholarship Program Thriving

Certificated Awardees Surpass 400

The EAA Ray Aviation Scholarship program continues to facilitate the actualization of young peoples’ dreams of flight. To date, four-hundred recipients of subject scholarship have completed flight-training. The program is funded by the Ray Foundation, managed by the EAA, and administered through the EAA Chapter network. Scholarships are awarded to young people aspiring to earn Private Pilot Certification.

Tennessee Private Pilot Awarded $2,500

Matt Everett, the grandson of a U.S. Air Force veteran, grew up surrounded by the sights, sounds, science, sport, and romance of aviation. His appreciation for aeronautical endeavor was fostered during childhood visits to airports with his grandmother and watching aircraft arrive and depart Runway 23 at Knoxville, Tennessee’s McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS). Now an adult, a marketing professional, and a certificated Private Pilot, Mr. Everett has earned the distinction of being the latest recipient of Sporty’s $2,500 Pilot Training+ Scholarship.

The Mechanic Said That The Pilot Told Him That He Had A “Weather Window”

On August 19, 2023, about 1254 central daylight time, a Piper J5A, N35417, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Iola, Wisconsin. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. The pilot flew the airplane to Central County Airport, Iola (68C), Wisconsin, from Escanaba, Michigan, so that the annual inspection of the airplane could be performed at 68C by a mechanic. The mechanic stated that before the accident, the pilot had driven twice and flown once to 68C.

From 2011 (YouTube Version): How Cool Is YOUR Cockpit???

Aviation publications LOVE to write about all the new wiz-bangs that are seen front and center is today's cockpits... the latest generation of cockpit displays are about a slick as things get these and look sexy as hell. BUT... what about the BEHIND the scenes... those components that allow all those super-cool new technologies to remain... well, super cool? So... we spent some time with some of the coolest people we know, the folks of Sandia Aerospace, to get the skinny on avionics cooling fans and why such inexpensive devices might be some of the best bargains in all of aviation.