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It used to be that kids not happy with things at home would run away and join the circus. Nowadays, they grab the keys to the old man’s Mooney and fly away to Mexico. At least, that’s what two California teens would have done if there’d been gas in the plane, according to police in […]

Inspiration sometimes comes from unusual sources and a Princeton University scientist’s examination of the air flow through a car’s sunroof may someday make jet engines quieter, speed up stealth aircraft and make better micro air vehicles. What Clarence Rowley has demonstrated, through a Princeton-worthy series of calculations and experimentation, is that the sound created by […]

On March 22 and 23, the FAA is holding public meetings in Kansas City, Mo., on what to do about keeping safe and serviceable the aging machinery that flies in regular service around the country. Expect to hear plenty from pilots, maintenance experts, crash investigators and the like, but in terms of overall impact on […]

After 16 years of legal wrangling, a Hawaiian pilot who’s blind in one eye has been told to start over again in his bid for compensation from an airline that refused to hire him. Bruce Pied has maintained a valid ATP rating for the full 16 years (one of more than 200 one-eyed ATPs on […]

https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about roadable airplanes, tomato bazookas, Class D.5 airspace and more.

_______REVIEWS AOPA Commander for Microsoft Flight SimulatorIf you didn’t win that great Commander 112 from AOPA’s sweepstakes this year, AOPA has a consolation prize: You can fly that plane — and try out it’s glass cockpit — on Microsoft Flight Simulator. John Ruley has our review of this aircraft add-on from Flight1 Software. ___________AUDIO CLIPLanding, […]

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Every day people are finding new ways to use the capabilities of Google Earth, which brings to your computer screen the view of satellites looking down from above. Those roving eyes catch all kinds of things, and a few that our readers have found of interest include this image of a restored Avro Lancaster WWII […]

It was snowing and foggy on Wednesday morning when the pilot of a Cessna 172 based at Virginia’s Warrenton Fauquier Airport attempted to land at Freeway Airport in Maryland. On the second try, the airplane crashed, nose-first, about 300 feet south of the runway. Two pilots on board were killed, and a passenger in the […]