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Information provided to the commission investigating the U.S. government’s response to terrorist threats prior to September 11, 2001, names an FAA quality manager in the destruction of an audiotape made in the aftermath of the 9/11 hijackings. Each of at least six air traffic controllers and some ten other employees who were on the job […]

___________________MAINTENANCE MATTERS AvGas vs. AutoGasWanna start an argument among other aircraft owners where passion will ring louder than logic? Either bring up lean-of-peak mixture settings or ask whether you should use autogas in your engine. John Ruley dissects the issues of autogas and introduces research (and problems) that didn’t exist only a few decades ago. […]

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It must be something in the air, but this week brought in a slew of reports about pilots giving in to temptation — doing things that are enticing, but forbidden. In Australia on Saturday, a sightseeing pilot flew her two-seat Skyfox Gazelle underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge, a no-no, and now faces up to two […]

Just when you thought TFRs couldn’t get any messier, the presidential campaign season heats up along with the summer weather. This week, President Bush and friends are on a bus trip through the Midwest, so watch for complex and quick-changing TFRs as the motorcade swings into Iowa and Wisconsin tomorrow. To help avoid those unsettling […]

It’s a classic, if sad, tale of airports in America: Livermore Municipal Airport in northern California, about an hour east of San Francisco, was built in the wide-open spaces of the valley back in 1965. Popular with pilots, the airport today is bursting at the seams, with 180 names on a waiting list for hangar […]

With summer fast approaching, so is wildfire season, which (along with record-breaking heat) is already blooming in southern California. The pilots who fly firefighting aircraft are well-aware of the accidents noted recently by the NTSB in which aging aircraft failed under the stress, and the industry has come up with its own “White Paper” to […]

As AVweb told you recently, the widow of a pilot who crashed into a telecommunications tower in Quebec was sued by SpectraSite, a U.S. company that operated the tower. Now, SpectraSite has withdrawn that suit and issued a statement to clarify its position. “SpectraSite’s suit was filed due to a misunderstanding that led us to […]

The FAA has turned down a petition from the Massachusetts group “Stop The Noise” asking for two-foot-high N numbers under airplane wings, AOPA said yesterday. The FAA said the current 12-inch-high numbers on the fuselage were mandated after much deliberation and discussion, and there is no compelling reason to change that decision. “Stop The Noise […]

https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about Sport Pilot delays, the future of new aviation technology, Garmin’s pricing policy and more.