Ground School: STOL or “Get your shorts on”
A short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft is an aircraft with short runway requirements for takeoff and landing. A list of STOL capable aircraft may be found here. Many fixed-wing STOL aircraft are bush planes, though some, like the De Havilland Canada Dash-7, are...
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Alaskair Virtual Airlines is having a Birthday! Hello Alaskair! We are excited to get the events rolling over in Valdez and looking forward to having all of our pilots join us in our Anniversary Fly-In. Our Valdez includes a static fleet display, it is also an Air...
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New AKV FBO opening in FSE.
Welcome to Alaska Flight Services first breath of air. We have been a VirtualAirline for almost one year now and have recently expanded our services to FSEconomy. An Airport Layout Plan Update Project funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Washington...
read moreMark Zuckerberg spent the holiday in Alaska. Here’s what the Facebook CEO learned.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent his Fourth of July holiday in Alaska, fishing and kayaking in the Homer area. Alaska seems to have made an impression on the billionaire, who penned a long Facebook post in admiration of the state's Permanent Fund...
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Bogoslof erupts yet again — with more to come soon?
Bogoslof volcano steams on June 22, 2017, before recent explosions. Photo by Cyrus Read, @USGSVolcanoes / Alaska Volcano Observatory Two brief but dramatic eruptions at the small Bogoslof volcano in the Bering Sea mark the latest of least 50 since December....
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The glacier search for servicemen lost in a 1952 plane crash continues. But time is running out.
from ADN. Belinda Davis' uncle died more than half a century ago on a remote Alaska mountaintop. His body was never recovered. But five years ago, a new possibility emerged that her family may find some closure. Edmond W. "Eddie" Mize was one of 52 people who died on...
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Smoke from lightning-caused Kenai Peninsula fire hangs over Anchorage
from ADN. Smoke from a fast-growing wildfire on the Kenai Peninsula descended on Anchorage overnight Saturday and triggered a spate of concerned calls to 911. The East Fork Fire in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge ignited with a lightning strike Thursday evening,...
read moreMan removed from Alaska Air jet in Anchorage at gunpoint after alleged threat to ‘blow up plane’
A man was removed from an Alaska Airlines jet in Anchorage late Thursday after he made threats during a flight from Seattle, airport police say. The man, who hasn't yet been identified, was a first-class passenger on Flight 755, according to Police and Fire Chief...
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No injuries when plane carrying 6 flips during beach landing at bear-viewing site
Author: Chris Klint Published 1 day ago Six people were unhurt Tuesday afternoon when their aircraft flipped on the same Cook Inlet beach where at least two other aircraft found themselves in trouble last year, according to crash investigators. Clint Johnson, the...
read moreWitness: Plane in fatal Interior Alaska crash went into dive with engine running
Author: Chris Klint Published 2 days ago A plane that slammed into woods near the Salcha River on a Saturday in late May, the second Alaska crash that day to kill two people, reportedly still had engine power when it hit the ground. The National Transportation...
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Ground School: Uncontrolled Fields
From Principal Air LTD. Late on the morning of May 16, 1999, two C-172s approaching to land on runway 32 at the 108 Mile Airport (CZML) found themselves in the same piece of air at the same moment. At approximately 300’ above the ground, the aircraft slammed into one...
read moreNOTAM Number : FDC 7/6942
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