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This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, July 2004. Pilots must often deal with a wide range of competing emotions and pressures when faced with less-than-ideal conditions for a planned flight. These can range from doubts about one’s skills and proficiency for the planned flight, to mechanical problems with the aircraft and to adverse weather. […]

AOPA President Phil Boyer says there’s not much room for general aviation in NASA’s and the FAA’s vision of future air travel. The so-called Next Generation Air Transportation System is geared toward commercial carriers and heaps expense on GA while diminishing its access. “But in this nightmare of the future, GA would lose access to […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, March 2005. Though you may possess a valid medical certificate, as an FAA-licensed pilot you are expected to ground yourself whenever you do not meet the standards of that certificate. When a pilot has a bad cold or some other similar ailment, and especially if he or she […]

I spend a lot of time talking about “the book.” I use the phrase as a catchall for FAA publications. My favorite “book,” by far, is the AIM — The Aeronautical Information Manual. Some might consider that strange in that I’m not a pilot. I’m a controller. You might expect me to spend most of […]

In the annals of business aviation, it will be recorded that Cessna won the race to be the first to obtain full FAA type certification of a very light jet (VLJ). Last week’s achievement doesn’t come without an asterisk, however. The footnote will be necessary since it’s highly likely that Eclipse will deliver examples of […]

What seems to enthusiastic onlookers like one of the longest aircraft development programs, Seawind, hit a major milestone last week with the first certification test flight of a Seawind amphib built at the factory in St. Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec. Details of the flight weren’t released. But until this flight, all other Seawinds, including the […]

Colorado-based Adam Aircraft yesterday told AVweb that it expects full certification of its A500 piston-powered centerline-thrust twin in the “next few days.” According to a company spokesperson, “all the paperwork is complete” and filed with the FAA — except for known icing approval — and the company is waiting to hear back from the FAA. […]

Get deep inside the aviation industry with aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia (Vice President, Analysis, Teal Group). Aboulafia speaks with AVweb on the state (and future) of the industry through topics ranging from pilot shortages to crowded skies and the role of the FAA – from VFR to charter operations to the business impact of terrorism […]

Submit a Photo |Rules |Tips |Questions |Past POTW Winners “Picture of the Week” submissions inch back up to normal levels thisweek, with just under 100 photos in our contest. As usual, ourphotos come from all around the globe – although this week, there seemedto be a curiously high number of submissions from Illinois, at leastamong […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, March 2005. The ceiling was only 300 feet AGL, which was more than 100 feet below the published minimums for the approach. Visibility was marginal at 2-1/2 miles in mist, but it was a dark winter night and the temperature and dew point had already converged at zero […]