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The holiday season inspires many pilots to share their skills and time with those less fortunate. What about you? Do you have any charitable flying-related events planned for the holidays? (click to answer) Last Week’s Question: Results Want to see the current breakdown of responses? Take a moment to answer the question yourself, and then […]

Simulators can affect the time and cost of flight training, and the pace of technology makes it easier than ever to access them, but if you listen to Frasca — which has more than 50 years of experience in the simulator business — access shouldn’t be the only concern. Frasca has been in business since […]

Several years ago, while passing through Caracas air space, I heard this on the radio: Piper 1234:“Caracas Control, Piper 1234 inbound for full stop.” Caracas:“Piper 1234, turn right five degrees to intercept the ILS.” Piper 1234:“Caracas, five degrees is too little a turn for me.” Caracas:“Piper 1234, can you make a 90-degree turn?” Piper 1234:“Affirmative. […]

The way is now clear for Michael Huerta to become the next FAA administrator. Is Huerta the right person for the job? (click to answer) Last Week’s Question: Results Want to see the current breakdown of responses? Take a moment to answer the question yourself, and then you can view real-time results. What’s On Your […]

What compelled 45 women from Anchorage to Chesterfield, N.H., to trek to Vernon, Texas, a tiny north-Texas town where there are more trucks than cars? All had heard about a unique program called Girls in Flight Training (GIFT) Academy that provides free ground and flight instruction for women in all stages of flight training. The […]

As an AIM AIR missionary pilot flying in South Sudan, listening in on Juba International Airport’s frequency can provide a few minutes of eye-watering laughs. It is a completely non-radar environment, and all position reports are by radial and DME. Everyone, from the British Airways flights transiting overhead to our small bush airplanes, all share […]

The FAA has backed off on integrating UAVs into the NAS, citing privacy concerns. Is that a wise move? Did the FAA make the right call in deciding not to address the integration of UAVs into the air space right now? (click to answer) Last Week’s Question: Results Want to see the current breakdown of […]

The apps market is a young, fast-paced, booming, and rapidly evolving segment of the aviation industry that isn’t just transforming how pilots get information, it’s starting to affect how manufacturers build their products. Some of today’s most popular apps include Garmin Pilot, WingX Pro, and ForeFlight, which produces popular flight planning and in-flight support apps […]

Each week, we run a sampling of the letters received to our editorial inbox here in AVmail. One letter that’s particularly relevant, informative, or otherwise compelling will headline this section as our “Letter of the Week,” and we’ll send the author an official AVweb baseball cap as a “thank you” for interacting with us (and […]

A friend of mine is a helicopter instructor in Arizona, and a student of his is approaching the cross-country flight portion of flight training. My instructor friend received this text from his student a few days ago: Hey, you’ve got me down for a cross-country to TBD. Where is it? I can’t find it anywhere! […]