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Overheard at Page Field Airport (FMY): FMY Approach:“Grumman 1 Romeo X-ray, how many souls on board?” Grumman 1RX:“Two S-O-Bs.” Tony G.via e-mail

There are plenty of people who think the TSA is way out of line with its new security procedures. Are you one of them? Are full-body scans and enhanced pat-downs justified? (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 […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” I heard this one over California: Los Angeles Center:“Beech 633, cleared for the approach to San Luis Obispo.” Beech 633:“Cleared for the approach.” Los Angeles Center:“Beech 633, how will this approach terminate?” Beech 633:“Successfully, we hope.” Emery StephensWhite Plains, NY

Editor’s Note: A big AVweb “thank you” to the hundreds of people who commented on Sen. Jim Inhofe’s closed-airport landing and the fate of third class medicals. We couldn’t run them all, so we tried to run a representative selection. Russ NilesEditor-in-Chief Each week, we run a sampling of the letters received to our editorial […]

While flying my Archer from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to Lancaster (PA), I heard this exchange. (Lancaster has a well-known pilot shop located on the field.) Cessna 12345:“Lancaster Tower, Cessna 12345 right base for runway 31, three miles out.” Lancaster Tower:“Cessna 12345: Cleared to land, runway 31.” Cessna 12345:“Cleared to land, runway 31.” [10-second pause] Cessna 12345:“We’re heading […]

Senator Jim Inhofe found himself in the news last week after he landed on a closed runway. He further said he doesn’t always check NOTAMS and that pilots who fly a lot often don’t. How about you? Do you always check NOTAMs? (click to answer) Last Week’s Question: Results Want to see the current breakdown […]

I was climbing out of Salt Lake in the King Air, and Salt Lake Center gave me a number of heading changes. Center:“King Air 114CW, turn left to heading 095.” [pause] Center:“King Air 114CW, turn right, heading 125.” Me:“Center, 4CW. What is the reason for the heading changes? Am I overtaking traffic ahead?” Center:“4CW, I […]

Now that Sport Pilot certificate holders have been flying around for five years without a noticeable rate of medically-related accidents, is it time to reconsider the medical requirements for all private pilots? Should the Class Three Medical be abandoned? (click to answer) Previous Question: Results Want to see the current breakdown of responses? Take a […]

Every aircraft design has an underlying mission its designed to and best suited for. Human owners rarely have so narrow a need, however, so one of the greatest challenge of choosing an aircraft to own is finding a design whose perfect mission falls in the fat part of the bell curve for the range of […]

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 […]