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COLUMNS Say Again? #58: ATC 207 — The ILSWant an easy and relatively safe way to get into an airport that’s IMC? Let your friendly air traffic controller give you vectors to the localizer and take that ILS right down to your port. But could there be some subtle tricks waiting to catch you when […]

NEWS FEATURES 2005 Year In ReviewDisaster, exultation, milestones, conflict, celebration, tragedy, and remembrance … in 2005, the world of general aviation saw all that and more. Here’s our year-end review of the news, with links to AVweb’s original coverage for more details. Audio ClipTop flight instructors and former air traffic controllers offer tips for managing […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Submissions to our “Picture of the Week” contest continue to trickle in at a reduced rate.  For the second week in a row, we received only a few dozen entries – not uncommon for this time of year.  Fortunately, we […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners ‘Tis the week before Christmas, and AVweb readers must be settling in for their long winter’s nap – submissions numbers were down to a modest 50 entries this week.  As longtime readers know, that’s not unusual for the last couple […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners AVweb readers were cooking with gas this week – contributing just over 100 photos to our “Picture of the Week” contest.  Those are pretty high numbers for the slow period between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  More amazing still, almost half of […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Submissions are picking up again after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday – that time of the year when a major portion of our North American readership dozes into a four-day turkey-digesting slumber.  As the numbers rise, quality holds steady – giving […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Submissions to “Picture of the Week” took a slight dip this week – a normal occurrence in the days following Thanksgiving.  Nevertheless, we got to enjoy some stunning landscapes (and even a few air show pictures) before awarding this week’s […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners As most of our readership knows, today is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. – a national holiday of appreciation and thankfulness.  In that spirit, we’d like to take a quick moment to say “thank you” to all our readers for […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners The holiday season is upon us, and the spirit of giving is alive and well among “Picture of the Week” contributors!  This week saw submissions soar upward of 100 again, with 46 photos making it into our “final round.”  There […]

Over $100,000 was raised for Katrina victims during the recent National Business Aviation Association annual meeting in Orlando. The meeting was originally scheduled for New Orleans… The FAA issued an NPRM on Monday that would require more than 3,200 large passenger jets to reduce flammability levels of fuel tank vapors…. Investigators have posted an update […]