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While I was waiting for departure clearance, a student pilot was departing on a parallel runway and was cleared to cross my intended departure flight path. Concerned of a possible collision, he was maintaining healthy climb. Tower:“Skycatcher 12345: While your climb performance is impressive, I would remind you that Class B Airspace starts at 3,000 […]

Departing IFR out of KTOA; handed off to Socal Departure after take-off. Cardinal:“Good morning, Socal Departure. Cardinal 177VA is climbing through 700 for 3,000.” Departure:“Cardinal 177VA, Socal. Please ident, and be advised the tower said your gear was still down.” Cardinal:“That’s a good thing. This is a fixed-gear Cardinal!” Stephen Feldmanvia e-mail

As we found in our European tour, 100 octane (leaded or not) is a diminishing presence there in favor of mogas and diesel. Now Lycoming has committed to 91UL. Who’s right? What fuel will GA burn in the future? (click to answer) Last Week’s Question: Results Want to see the current breakdown of responses? Take […]

United 123:“Oakland Center, United 123. Do you have a ride report for FL350? We’re trying to have lunch, and it’s a little bumpy.” Oakland Center:“United 123, stand by.Southwest 4567, how’s your ride at FL350?” Southwest 4567:“Dunno. Haven’t had lunch yet.” “Fly-a-Lot”via e-mail

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 […]

AVweb reader Bill Menzel wrote to us a few weeks ago: “A columnist in an aviation magazine recently mentioned in passing that he thought many pilots are actually afraid of heights. Are you afraid of heights?” It’s an interesting question:Are you afraid of heights? (click to answer) Last Week’s Question: Results Want to see the […]

All airplanes are compromises. Since most of us lack an unlimited budget, we’re often forced to choose between going fast in a relatively small cockpit or dragging around a larger cabin more slowly. It’s simple, really: The “go-fast” airplane will get us to our destination sooner, but we might be forced to leave behind a […]

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 few years ago, during the Annual Air Spectacular at a usually very quiet Baldonnel Military Air Field: ATC (to US military A10 Warthog on finals for a fly-by and demo) :“Caution. Cyclist crossing the active runway.” A10 (hopefully jokingly) :“Do you want me to take him out?” Paddy Kilduffvia e-mail

[AVweb‘s reprint of Dick’s memoir began with the Introduction.] Flying a KC-97 during an aerial refueling embodies all the basics used by a good formation leader; for example, don’t move the tanker any more than absolutely necessary, make all movements as smooth as possible, and — unique to the KC-97/B-47 combination — fly as fast […]