Fri, Jul 26, 2024

NTSB Prelim: Grumman Acft Eng Corschweizer G-164A

Accident Pilot Sent A Text Indicating That The Airplane, “Shakes A Little Bit. I Don’T Know If Its Normal.”

On June 25, 2024, about 1339 mountain daylight time, a Grumman Aircraft-Schweizer G-164A, N9709, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Chamberino, New Mexico. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The aircraft was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the operator and chief pilot, the accident pilot had recently received his tailwheel endorsement, and this was the pilot’s first flight in the accident make and model airplane. The chief pilot instructed the accident pilot to takeoff, climb up “a couple thousand feet” and practice turns, climbs and descents, then return to Dona Ana County International Jetport Airport (DNA), Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

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Thu, Jul 25, 2024

Airborne Oshkosh24 Day 4: Meet The Admin--NOT, MOSAIC For Osh25?, Med Logjam

 07.25.24: King Schools Expansion, Avilution Update, Gogo Communicates!, Pelton Int'vw-Part 4 

The annual Meet The Administrator event was not what we hoped for. The Administrator didn’t show up and apparently disappointed, neither did Jack Pelton (who often oversees this event). From the allotted time of 1130 to 1245 CT, the FAA talked, answered some prepared questions from EAA and ignored the audience. Finally, after the official end time, they took a few questions... but offered little in the way of answers. Year after year, MOSAIC has been promised to an aviation community hungry for progress and the chance to build a new industry that is more accessible, more affordable and read for the future... but the FAA has delayed the release   of MOSAIC for a number of reasons and we still seem to be waiting, for now at least, for a release pretty close to Oshkosh 2025. OUCH... Citing record medical applications, the Federal

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