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From IFR Magazine reader Jay Olmstead: I heard the following flying through Houston’s Class Bravo: Houston Approach: “Skyhawk 1234A, maintain 4,500. I was going to climb you but there’s a Bonanza coming up from behind and you’re just not fast enough.” Skyhawk 1234A (laughing): “Well – that’s not very nice!”
Almost half of respondents say it’s a sure thing.
An Austrian wingsuit pilot set multiple world records in wingsuit flight. Peter Salzmann made the record-breaking flight on Oct. 24 launching from Jungfrau mountain in Switzerland where he flew for 5 minutes and 56 seconds over a distance of 7.77 miles. Red Bull, who teamed up with Salzmann for the flight said the jump was […]
“My fiancé and I were chaperoning my 94-year-old grandparents on a flight to a vacation destination. Grandma walks just fine, but my World War II Marine veteran Grandpa had to use a wheelchair to get to his seat. “There was a hefty crosswind and we landed rather hard (just like I always do in my […]
Bose full-coverage aviation headsets have been an industry standard but the company was stressing its ultra-lightweight in-ear headsets aimed at commercial and bizjet pilots at NBAA-BACE 2024. Bose’s Mike Dodge tells us all about it.
From IFR Magazine reader Chris St. Germain On a nice fall afternoon, I was returning to my home airport after a Missouri Pilots Association board meeting. I heard Kansas City Center give a fellow member who was 10 minutes ahead of me a traffic advisory as we were nearing Kansas City: Center: “Warrior 1234, be […]
The most respondents favored shooting them down near military sites.
There’s good news in the flight training community: Fatality rates are improving. Aviation Safety magazine took a look at the statistics.
From an IFR Magazine reader – Name withheld by request I am based at a non-towered field and some days it is more “uncontrolled” than others. Finishing up my flight review the other day, my instructor and I heard a traffic call that went something like this: “Small City Traffic, Piper Three Six Alpha Charlie […]
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