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Each season, the FAA considers adopting a reservation system for IFR operations into such popular destinations as Nantucket, Mass., Aspen, Colo., and other airports with limited facilities and acceptance rates but with high demand. Those restrictions have rarely, if ever, been implemented to restrict or prohibit VFR-only flights. And it appears they won’t again, even […]

Summer finally arrived, so someone stuck up a notice in the Pilot’s Lounge here at the virtual airport that stated we might as well have an airport cookout before Mother Nature changes her mind. On the appointed date the weather cooperated and there was an excellent turnout. It provided an opportunity to chat with some […]

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Twin & Turbine, Jan. 2004, and is reprinted here by permission. Whether you’re cruising the Rockies or the Appalachians, mountain flying is a spectacular way to enjoy the benefits of an aircraft. Unfortunately, many pilots think of the mountains as a “no-fly zone.” Some aviators go out of […]

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has submitted his resignation – what now for user fees? GAO suggests VFR may not yet fit into plans for future airspace; IAOPA’s push for international rules governing UAVs; flight schools fight background checks; charity flight for pediatric neurosurgery may set aviation record; paying $1 billion to accommodate an airplane; FAA […]

The HondaJet will make its public debut at EAA Airventure. The jet, with Honda engines mounted on above-wing pylons, is said to be more efficient and roomier than comparable bizjets… The pilot of a U-2 spy plane died in a crash somewhere in the Middle East Wednesday. The Pentagon refused to say where the plane […]

It’s Certified, But With Limitations Adam Aircraft CEO Rick Adam hosted a live Web seminar on Tuesday, with an update on the status of his company’s A500 centerline twin and the A700 light jet. The just-shy-of-$900,000 (in 2003 dollars) A500 piston twin received its FAA Type Certificate (TC) in May, and “We’re all thrilled here,” […]

German airframer Grob, well-known throughout general aviation for its sailplanes and light aircraft, this week at the Paris Air Show announced plans to market a new light business jet, the Grob SPn Utility Jet. Billed as “combining the performance and passenger comfort of a light business jet with the operational versatility of a turboprop,” Grob’s […]

There’s Always VFR … Or Is There? Clearance Delivery: …then own navigation as filed. Read back. Flight 269: Roger. 269 is cleared to Destination Indian Springs via after take off Radar vectors to 4000, then present position direct BOM, pass BOM at 6000 or below, after passing 15,000 turn right on heading 280 to intercept […]

Odyssey Aviation Publications Thirty-some-odd years ago when I started flying, general aviation had barely reached the age of DME, and RNAV was just beginning to allow some of us to fly straight lines between points. Today, DME is still useful in many applications; but for the most part the avionics we considered mainstream through the […]

Dreaming Big In Danville Making air taxi service a reality from the nation’s 5000-plus small airports will take more than a bunch of very light jets (VLJs). NASA’s Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) project has spent the past five years developing technologies to support that system — the final demonstration occurred Sunday through Tuesday, in […]