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NATA Meets With The TSA… National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President James K. Coyne told Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials last week that the federal governments continuing efforts to reassure the American public of their security is doing irreparable harm to the nations general aviation industry. Coynes comments to TSA officials came during a regularly […]

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For those who haven’t been counting, this concludes my second year of writing for AVweb. No one is more surprised than me. It doesn’t seem that long. I guess it’s true. Time does fly when you’re having fun.And it has been fun. Even more important, at least in my book, it’s been educational. Everyone’s heard […]

Airline Patriotism No doubt it is neither my business nor my right to comment on how certain airlines — specifically United, Northwest and UPS — are equipping themselves with foreign-made (read AIRBUS) airliners.Can’t help but notice that Boeing’s Commercial Airliner Division is still laying off workers, because of dropping sales. So Seattle is feeling that […]

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Chicago Lakeshore VFR Corridor The closure (temporarily, we hope) of Meigs tower greatly increases the danger of mid-air collision, as single-engine aircraft flying VFR — almost all between 2,000 and 3,000 MSL — prefer to fly within a mile or so of the shoreline.Why doesn’t the FAA NOTAM a CTAF (121.3) for all aircraft between […]

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This article appeared in the February 2003 issue of IFR Magazine, and is reprinted here by permission. Recently I had the pleasure of visiting the Baltimore/Washington National Weather Service Forecast Office (WFO) in Sterling, Va. Besides issuing the local forecast and official weather warnings for the public, WFOs are responsible for preparing two familiar aviation […]