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_______COLUMNS The Pilot’s Lounge #80: The ILS — That Last 400 FeetHow fast should you fly an ILS? When should you switch from the “stabilized” approach and configure for landing? Instrument pilots may think they learned the answers back in IFR training, but AVweb’s Rick Durden thinks you probably should change your procedures before you […]

If you’re looking for votes, the most densely populated area of the country is a good place to start. But it didn’t have a happy ending for a pair of balloonists who ended up dropping in, perhaps unexpectedly, on New Yorkers enjoying the relative peace of Central Park last Friday. The balloon, emblazoned with the […]

The prestigious Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators in Britain has given one of its highest honors to the crew of a DHL Airbus A300 who landed the plane (stuck in the trim position for climbout) apparently using only the thrust from the engines to control pitch, attitude and direction. The pilots, Capt. Eric […]

Australian Transportation Safety Board officials have no idea why a TasAir Aero Commander apparently broke into several pieces during a routine flight last February in Tasmania. But the owner of the plane suspects a “freak weather thing” caused the outboard sections of both wings and the tailplane to separate from the rest of the aircraft […]

Add cosmic radiation to the confirmed list of threats to the health of long-haul flight crews, although we don’t know where it ranks along with deep vein thrombosis, boredom or the food. A British study has confirmed what pilots and flight attendants (and other studies) have been saying for decades. Spending too much time in […]

Well, when it comes to a choice between a radar for the airport and a new day-care center, there’s just no contest for the people of Vail, Colo. They’ll take the radar (although that doesn’t mean they won’t get the day care, too). Civic officials are considering diverting $1.5 million already budgeted for the day-care […]

The leaders of Ocean City, Md., will square off face-to-face with FAA officials who want them to sell the local golf course or pay the agency $13.3 million. As AVweb told you last spring , the FAA provided funding to buy the land, on which the golf course was later developed, for future airport expansion. […]