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An overwhelming majority of respondents chafe at ADS-B being used to assess and bill landing fees.

From AVweb reader Erik Eriksson Rounding out my 1980s helicopter training in a Robinson R-22 in Maryland, my instructor upped the game by sending me on one final cross-country flight, including a landing at Dulles International. As I got close to the airport and Potomac Approach established my position, the following conversation ensued:Approach: Maintain current […]

An important part of the work at sister publication Aviation Consumer is conducting long-term evaluations to see how a product holds up, how a company handles support and whether or not we would buy the product again. After putting multiple pairs of the popular Flying Eyes sunglasses through the wringer, our conclusion was easy. Read […]

From AVweb reader Tony Greene I flew a semi-obscure aircraft type to a local “Taco Tuesday” weekly fly-in Arcadia, Florida. After a couple of great tacos and even greater camaraderie, I boarded and buckled in preparation for engine start. I noticed a young gentleman approaching the aircraft from behind the wing. When close enough he […]

Texas Woman’s University (TWU) is launching a new flight school, the Doswell School of Aeronautical Sciences, this semester, aiming to empower women and address the pilot shortage. According to NBC Dallas, the university is now the only woman-focused university nationwide with a professional pilot program. Backed by a $15 million grant from the Doswell Foundation, […]

My old Narco Escort 110 could navigate and communicate, but not both at the same time. That led to some interesting conversations with controllers. I was just stretching my legs to add VFR flight following to my toolkit, but rather than relying on VORs (only available part-time) I still preferred to navigate in a straight […]

From AVweb reader Bob Wood: Recently, my private pilot student and I were returning to Aurora State Airport (KUAO) in Oregon, from a lesson. At the 10-nm mark, he properly contacted the tower with “KUAO Tower, [N-tail number], 10 miles northwest, with Mathew.”Tower responded, “[N-tail number], I’m sure Mathew is very nice, but information Mike […]

Even among the ex-RAF Eagle Squadron 4th Fighter Group, which was not known for its strict USAAF discipline, breaking radio silence at critical points on a mission was still considered a major transgression. The German Luftwaffe ground forces were adept at keying in on air-to-air transmissions as a means of locating incoming fighters and bombers. […]

Back in the days of flying around New Zealand NORDO (no radio), the method of sneaking past RNZAF Base Ohakea, near the coast, was to use the transit lane seaward of the beach. Due to the M306 Raumai Bombing Range along the route, the standard procedure was to land at a convenient airfield short of this airspace […]

You may have noticed changes to the appearance of AVweb in the past few days as a result of upgrading our Web platform. As these things usually go, there are some glitches and loss of functionality and we’re working to address those as quickly as we can. Among the casualties is the comments section, but […]