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I heard this while returning from Texas: Piper Pilot (with a thick southern drawl) :“Sahv, Centah, Ah believe Ah’m a-fixin’ to cancel mah IFR flaght plannn.” Center:“Are you just ‘fixin’ to,’ or are you going to cancel it?” Piper Pilot:“Ah believe Ah’m a-goin’ to cancel it about now.” Center:“Roger. Squawk VFR.” Ron CizekOmaha, Nebraska

Garmin Wednesday announced it has expanded its electronic chart coverage of European VFR terminal charts and SafeTaxi airport diagrams for specific products. EASA is expected “within weeks” to approve European SafeTaxi for Garmin G500, G600, G500H, G1000, G1000H, G900X, G950, and GMX 200 units. The expanded coverage will include diagrams for almost 500 European airports […]

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And now for a slight departure from our usual “Short Final” hijinks: Many years ago, I heard a radio exchange that, for me, illustrated the great resources and the responsibilities we have as pilots. Climbing into the VFR corridor of the New York TCA, I heard this on the frequency: American 123:“Boston Center, American 123.” […]

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Agency (CASA) is considering “driver’s licence” medical requirements for private pilots who want to fly mainly recreationally. However, there would still be some medical standards to be met beyond simply carrying a valid D.L. In a newsletter, CASA Director of Aviation Safety John McCormick said pilots would still need a note […]

AOPA and EAA are on track to submit a request to the FAA within the next one to two months, asking the agency to allow more pilots to fly without a medical certificate, AOPA said this week. Once the request gets to the FAA, however, the groups expect some delay, due to the recent resignation […]

Years ago, I had an interesting ATC encounter in Washington airspace that I think would be humorous to your readers of “Short Final.” While flying my RV-4 in the narrow VFR slot between the old Washington ADIZ and the expanded Camp David TFR, I lost my GPS. Without a VOR, I contacted Wash. Center. The […]

Submit a Photo |Rules |Tips |Questions |Past Winners Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings – and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap as our “Picture of the Week.” Want to […]

The sudden departure of FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has thrown a wrench into EAA and AOPA’s proposal for a waiver of medical requirements for those who fly certain aircraft day VFR. AOPA President Craig Fuller spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida. Duration: File Size: download here

A joint initiative by EAA and AOPA to convince the FAA to offer medical certificate exemptions for certain limited GA operations will likely be delayed while the agency looks for a new administrator. In a town-hall meeting speech at Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring on Friday, AOPA President Craig Fuller said former FAA Administrator Randy […]