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____________BRAINTEASERS Quiz #74 — Hold, Circle, and Yield Right-of-WayFlight opens the entire world to your imagination, so imagine yourself in the IFR-meets-VFR real world where you have to know what the other pilots are up to.

No, it’s not a fancy new appetizer or sushi selection. Workers at London’s Gatwick Airport recently sudsed down the runways with some harsh cleaning chemicals, and then rinsed it all off with lots of running water. Unfortunately, that toxic water drained into a nearby creek, which flowed into the River Mole, and there set about […]

Test flights in Germany of the USAF Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle wrapped up successfully last week, Northrop Grumman said in a news release. The Global Hawk UAV made several flights over the North Sea, each lasting several hours. Global Hawk was able to detect and identify electromagnetic signals from a variety of […]

The FAA is conducting a review of the American Flyers flight school at DuPage Airport, and allegedly has found numerous violations, according to a story in Sunday’s Chicago Tribune. The Tribune said the FAA has alleged that the school provided incomplete training to clients, manipulated records and allowed ill-prepared students to pass flight exams at […]

A federal court ruled last week that Sandel Avionics does not infringe on any of Honeywell’s Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) patents, according to a news release from Sandel. Honeywell had alleged that Sandel Avionics Inc. and several other companies infringed Honeywell’s patents relating to its Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS), Honeywell’s version […]

A coalition of activists is circulating a petition to protest (again) the exhibit of the Enola Gay bomber, on display at the Smithsonian’s new Udvar-Hazy Center, which will open Dec. 15 at Washington Dulles International Airport. The petition protests the “celebratory exhibit,” saying it “both legitimizes what happened in 1945 and helps build support for […]

Voters in St. Petersburg, Fla., made it clear on Tuesday that they like their little local airport, even preferring it to a proposed waterfront park. Three-quarters of those casting ballots voted to keep Albert Whitted Airport open, often citing fondness for the airport and respect for its historical value as their reasons, according to the […]

_______COLUMNS The Pilot’s Lounge #67: A Museum Rescues Its Aviation CollectionCelebrations of he 100th Anniversary of flight have some interesting side effects — many aviation museums are sprucing up their old collections and making things more attractive, interactive, and interesting. AVweb’s Rick Durden went back to visit the Henry Ford Museum and found a new […]

https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about poor GA piston sales, ATC privatization and more.

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