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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 […]

Here it is the first day of May. It’s hard to believe it’s here already. The daffodils are done. The azaleas are blooming and it’s time to put the tomato seedlings in the ground. What? You wanted me to write an article about emergencies? You meant “MAYDAY!” huh? It just goes to show you how […]

Maybe you can see forever, on a clear day, but it’s getting harder and harder to fly there — especially for GA pilots, who have to avoid 16 security-related TFRs scattered from coast to coast and “pop-up” TFRs that follow President Bush everywhere he goes. EAA complained last week that presidential TFRs in Ohio created […]

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