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COLUMNS Say Again? #54: ATC 206 — HoldingNobody wants to wait. Pilots in a hold are bored and yet anxious to finish the flight. But if you’re in a hold, you can bet the controller is not at all bored. AVweb’s Don Brown suggests ways to make holding easier and safer in the next course […]

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If you don’t mind donating your time, your plane and your fuel to help Katrina victims, the need is still there. In fact, in contrast to the situation in the early days of the disaster when there was little for private pilots to do, there are tons of supplies waiting at various staging areas for […]

The F-14 Tomcat is going down fighting. The last operational deployment of the big swing-wing fighter began earlier this week with the last remaining squadrons VF-31 Tomcatters and VF-213 (Blacklions) flying aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt for a tour to the Persian Gulf. “Epic, historic, I’m looking for words,” said Cmdr. Rick “Twig” LaBranche as […]

As if fuel prices weren’t high enough, the Environmental Protection Agency is poised to enact a rule that’s bound to increase them more. The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) says it’s taking the fight against the EPA’s Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) to Congress after the agency didn’t live up to promises to better […]

The NTSB says the system the FAA relies on in part to prevent runway incursions doesn’t work and it wants the agency to speed up development of more effective devices. In a speech to the American Association of Airport Executives earlier this week, Acting NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker said the Airport Movement Area Safety System […]

Chelton Flight System‘s new AP-3C digital autopilot was recently given STC approval for Cherokee Six and Cessna 210 aircraft, bringing the number of light aircraft certified for its installation to more than a dozen. The company says new STCs are coming at the rate of about one a month and more are pending for a […]

It’s come a long way in a year but there are still some details to be worked out before the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft rule spawns an industry that lives up to its full potential. That’s EAA’s take on the process, a year after implementation of the rule. “Some in the aviation community are amazed […]

AVmail: September 12, 2005Reader mail this week about user New York controllers, New Jersey FSS, your GPS and more.