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____ATIS Thanks, AndyDo we really have to sit still and take a pounding when an intense hurricane comes ashore? Or is it time to do something creative, like get out of the way? _______COLUMNS Say Again? #40: Outside Looking InAfter years trying to convince pilots and controllers to adopt safer habits, AVweb’s Don Brown is […]

And you think your airport’s got trouble with the neighbors … The Navy says it won’t give up its effort to establish a 30,000-acre base in North Carolina even though a federal judge has stopped it, temporarily at least, from buying up the necessary land. Judge Terrence Boyle turned down the Navy’s request to keep […]

Eleven TFRs will “disappear” over military installations over the next few months but that doesn’t mean sightseers will be welcome in the future. According to AOPA, the TFRs are among 13 that were thrown up over important military bases immediately after 9/11. The Defense Department had wanted to make them permanent prohibited airspace but the […]

Industry groups have lined up in opposition to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) they say will needlessly cost 22,000 companies money to have their employees tested for drugs. In formal comments to the FAA on the NPRM, the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) says the FAA seriously underestimated the impact of the proposed rule […]

Although we lament, and sometimes joke, about the snail’s pace of technological advances in aviation sometimes, there have been some revolutionary advances that have become universally accepted in a relatively short time. GPS navigation has to be considered among them and one of the key players in its development is retiring. Gary L. Burrell is […]

One of the keys to mixing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with general air traffic is the ability of the drone to recognize and avoid unexpected traffic on its own. These Sense and Avoid (S&A) systems must be able to work on any and all aircraft because not everything flying has the transponders necessary for the […]

With NBC’s abortive attempt at undercover security breaches last week, the mainstream media is again casting about for GA security stories and (possibly to their discomfort) finding that security is better at small airports than it was a few years ago. The Burlington Times (near Philadelphia) took a look at the Flying W Airport and […]

Reader mail this week about trying to find “Southern Canada,” President Bush’s visit to Eclipse and more.

_______COLUMNS From the CFI #2: A New Way to TrainIt’s a new world out there in the second century of flight — one with new technology and new opportunities. But we’re still training (and testing) pilots the same old way: Performing maneuvers to the Standards. In her second column, AVweb’s Linda Pendleton talks about training […]

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