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February 06, 2020

EAA Has a Job, with Serious Panache, to Offer

Ready to Take On Maintenance Duties For An Honest to Goodness Tri-Motor?

EAA has an interesting position to fill... They're looking for a few friendly and motivated volunteer A&Ps with a passion for history that can help support their Ford Tri-Motor air tours. They operate these classic airplanes, among the first airliners in history, to share the romance and excitement of the Golden Age of air travel at tour stops all around the country, and they may need your help. While these airplanes are meticulously maintained at the home base in Oshkosh, issues do crop up in the field, and they need volunteers to fly with the airplanes and help with everything from keeping them clean to repairing an instrument or swapping a cylinder. These tasks may als

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NTSB Prelim: Thunder Mustang Reported Powerplant Problems

Fatal Accident Resulted After Power loss, Cockpit Obscuration

From The NTSB Preliminary Report: On January 4, 2020, about 1009, Pacific standard time, an experimental amateur-built TM-1 Thunder Mustang (file photo, attached to story) airplane, N151WR, was destroyed when it collided with terrain about 2 miles southeast of Santa Clarita, California. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane departed Van Nuys Airport (VNY), Van Nuys, California, about 0955.

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Drone Simulation Comes To Consoles For The First Time In 2020

Screenshots And Trailer Released In Advance Of The Game

Thanks to the drone simulation game Liftoff: Drone Racing, players will be able to experience the excitement of fast-paced air races on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this year. LuGus Studios and astragon Entertainment are happy to release first details, screenshots and a trailer of their new drone racing title. In addition to this, media representatives and visitors of PAX East in Boston will be able to get some first-hand impressions of Liftoff: Drone Racing between February 27 and March 1, 2020.

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