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This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, Sept. 2007. Another pilot once told me he had been caught on top of cloud layers several times during his flying career but always escaped safely by simply calling ATC for an IFR clearance to get below the cloud decks and fly on VFR to his destinations. What […]

This article originally appeared in IFR magazine, Mar. 2006. In spite of the avalanche of stern e-mail that’s sure to come, let me start with my core position: Flight planning is dead.I can hear it already, “Boy, didn’t they teach you that you should ‘plan your flight, and fly your plan?’ ” They sure did. […]

A volunteer flying group is helping casualties of the war in Iraq cope. Angel Flight West is playing a major role in getting loved ones to visit the wounded and attend the funerals of Marines based at Camp Pendleton in San Diego. The base has suffered a rash of casualties among its soldiers stationed in […]

AOPA President Phil Boyer says his “productive meeting” with Northwest Airlines CEO Richard Anderson Friday led to the result that the two “will agree to disagree” on the topic of user fees for air traffic control services. Anderson claimed in an editorial in Northwest’s Inflight Magazine (reported earlier by AVweb) that airlines are subsidizing general […]

As one would expect, the ATC facility change and the fires themselves caused major headaches for the various airlines servicing the region. Not waiting for LAX to ground their aircraft, many carriers opted to cancel hundreds of flights in the region. As a result, the entire nationwide route system was affected. At LAX alone, more […]

It may be because it is such a young industry and avocation that aviation is driven, almost obsessed, by firsts. In ways that captivate, and sometimes annoy, the quest for such distinctions fills volumes and occasionally makes headlines. Airshows, the big ones, anyway, try to ensure some sort of “first” is on their agenda. And […]

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Last month, I passed along some cold-weather operatingtechniques put together by the denizens of the pilot’s lounge here at our virtual airport.In the process, I mentioned the father of cold weather flying, Bernt Balchen, and said I’dtell you a little more about him this month. In the interim, I’ve also received somefeedback on cold weather […]

After a short rendezvous with friends at the TWA Ambassadors Lounge on June21, 1998, at Saint Louis Lambert Field, we headed for Gate 25 on Concourse C. We were metby a frenzy of news reporters stalking the gate area. Several Saint Louis area televisionstations eagerly awaited the arrival of a father and son, who would […]

A recent flight for 16-year-old Susy connected one volunteer pilot’s decision to begin training in 2020 with a camp program she has attended since 2019.