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Witnessed by me as an FAA controller at Waterloo (Iowa) in the mid-’80s. The G.A. ramp is next to the terminal ramp, so these two aircraft were parked in close proximity to each other. Here is how the exchange went: Tomahawk 86B:“Waterloo ground: Tomahawk 86 Bravo, ready to taxi.” ATC:“Tomahawk 86 Bravo: Roger, taxi to […]

It’s AOPA Summit next week. What should be the organization’s main priority? Where should AOPA place its priorities? (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 Mind? Have an idea […]

[AVweb‘s reprint of Dick’s memoir began with the Introduction.] If the United States had offered an award in 1893 for the fastest-growing city in the country, Enid, Okla., would surely have been the winner. Located 65 miles north of Oklahoma City, Enid was one of the small towns overwhelmed by the thundering herd of settlers […]

LH741:“Tower, give me a rough time-check!” Tower:“It’s Tuesday, sir.” Jim Moore (and friends)via e-mail

It’s been a decade since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. We’d like to know if 9/11 and its aftermath have affected your flying. Ten years later, how does the aftermath of 9/11 affect your flying? (click to answer) Last Week’s Question: Results Want to see the current breakdown of responses? Take a moment to answer the […]

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 […]

We received about 200 responses to Brainteaser #162’s essay question: Now that ICAO has eliminated “ramp” from the aviation lexicon, what do we call the kid who runs the fuel truck, since we can no longer use the term “ramp rat?” In scouring the responses, we eliminated all names to protect senders from apron personnel […]

Many years ago, I had to make a night flight from Cable Airport to Phoenix in a Cessna 150. The weather was clear, and I filed a VFR flight plan for N51139 and departed at 10:30pm. While climbing out over Ontario VOR (now PDZ), I contacted Ontario Approach (now SoCal) for flight following, got a […]

This one is mainly for the pro pilots in our midst. Bill Voss of the Flight Safety Foundation says pilots are suffering from “automation addiction” and unable to cope with systems loss. What do you think? Do modern pilots rely too much on the airplane to fly itself? (click to answer) Last Week’s Question: Results […]

When flying in Northern Australia, Flight Service Brisbane asked a colleague for a “short count.” Without pause, he replied: “Sure! Toulouse Lautrec was a short count.” He told me later he’d been waiting years to say that. (Australians!) Callumvia e-mail