**The Canine Interruption** The small Piper J3C, a classic tailwheel aircraft, rumbled down the grass runway, gaining speed. It was a crisp November afternoon in Waldoboro, Maine, 1994. Harry Bickford, a student pilot with 110 hours in his logbook, was at the controls, preparing for what should have been a routine local flight. But as […]
The Ghost in the Approach The pre-dawn darkness of August 14th, 2013, hung heavy over Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. A massive Airbus A300-600, N155UP, operating as UPS Flight 1354, was on its final approach to runway 18. This wasn’t just any cargo flight; it was a routine journey from Louisville, Kentucky, carrying vital packages across the
High Country Descent The silence of the Colorado high country was broken only by the wind whistling through the sparse vegetation. Then, a sound… alien to this remote, rugged landscape. The strained whine of a light aircraft engine, fighting against unseen forces. Witnesses on the ground, few and far between, might have glanced up, perhaps
CESSNA 210 Accident – Alma, CO (April 2, 2018) – NTSB CEN18FA266 Read More »