Search Results for: vfr

Cell Phones in Airplanes After a recent AVweb article that recommended readers review the material on the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS), I followed the recommendation and read the report on Passenger Electronic Devices (PED). The prospect of cell phones on airplanes (now) scares me to death! I hope the PIC exercises his authority […]

https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about cell phones in airliners, spin training, and VFR over-the-top, and a lot of comments on air traffic controller “Jane Doe’s” letter.

*** PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week’s question about VFR above an overcast layer (submitted by AVweb reader Steve Biddle) proved very popular with readers. We received over 1,200 responses, mostly from readers who thought our hypothetical pilot was in the clear (er, so to speak). 55% of you (689 respondents) thought it was poor judgement […]

Civil Air Patrol I received word from a gossipy type, but one in a position to know, that the CAP has had three very recent C-182 crashes and lost seven or nine members. Also, many pilots are quitting due to their new liability rules. I did not re-up in January ’04 after 30+ years.This is […]

https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about a close call with Air Force Two, spin training for sport pilots, VFR over-the-top, and much more.

More than 62 years after it crashed in a swamp, a Spitfire is back on display. The cockpit of the plane, a Battle of Britain participant, was shown off at Hooton Park airfield, in Britain, on the weekend. It took four years to recover and restore the cockpit of the plane, which was originally based […]

*** PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, one AVweb reader asked if spin training should be included with Sport Pilot training.  11% of respondents said “definitely,” while another 9% argued there’s no need for spin training at the Sport Pilot level when it isn’t even part of Private Pilot training. The most popular response from AVweb […]

In practical terms, not many people were directly affected by the Sept. 1 enactment of the rule. For those few, however, the change could be significant. Anyone with a pilot certificate who has let his or her medical lapse, for whatever reason, can now legally fly (VFR only) a plane meeting the LSA standards. The […]

Recently I read an interesting account by a Bonanza owner who encountered an engine problem 11 hours after his aircraft came out of annual. The pilot had crossed the Sierra Nevada Mountains VFR at 12,500 feet westbound en route to the Bay Area, and was descending through 11,000 feet when he felt a bit of […]

An unidentified small private plane has been blamed as the cause of evasive action taken by Air Force Two, a military aircraft carrying Vice President Dick Cheney, early this month. The small aircraft came within 700 vertical feet and .44 mile (don’t miss the decimal point) horizontally of Cheney’s aircraft, setting off a traffic alert […]