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Aviation and cellphones don’t always mix well but there are some hopeful signs that’s changing. As AVweb reported earlier, the FAA is doing its best (which isn’t enough in some circumstances) to ensure pilots have the correct numbers for filing flight plans and getting information. Headset manufacturers are also incorporating cellphone jacks into their less-expensive […]

In another time, Boston residents might have thrilled to the sight of Sean D. Tucker leading a formation of four aerobatic aircraft on a photo shoot overhead. But in the post-9/11 world, office workers stream outside not for a better view but because they think they might be under attack. Such was the case last […]

A British aviation safety group has determined that, as a group, pilots can’t be trusted with a carburetor heat control. In fact, the General Aviation Safety Council (GASCo) has released a paper suggesting that the familiar knob be dispensed with entirely in favor of “more reliable” solutions to the problem of carb ice. Among them […]

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_______AVMAIL: June 21, 2004 Reader mail this week about the panic in D.C., colorblind pilots, mass arrivals at Oshkosh and much more.

_______COLUMNS Training Time #1: Whose Job Is It, Anyhow?Time for a changing of the guard. One of AVweb’s most popular columnists, John Deakin, is taking a leave of absence and will return occasionally in the future. (Read about his plans here.) Meanwhile, our newest columnist is a long-time contributor to AVweb. Linda Pendleton, a CFI […]

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Faced with a lawsuit by pilot unions, the government acknowledged on June 11 that regulations it had issued in January 2003 allowing it to revoke the certificates of pilots suspected of being security threats cannot be lawfully enforced. The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and other unions had challenged the regulations as unfair and inconsistent […]

When the transponder malfunctioned on a King Air inbound to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport recently, it sparked a panicked evacuation of the Capitol building … despite the fact that ATC was fully aware of the aircraft and the pilots had complied with all the protocols. So, to prevent future such unsavory scenes, ATC has […]

Vice President Dick Cheney visited Adam Aircraft in Englewood, Colo., on Friday to deliver remarks about the U.S. economy. “Being selected as the host company for Vice President Cheney’s visit to Colorado is quite an honor,” said Rick Adam, founder and CEO of Adam Aircraft. “We are living proof that the American economy is alive […]