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This was heard the about a week ago when I was out getting night current and was returning to Mid Continent for landing. There was a regional jet that was landing ahead of me in my Mooney. Tower:“Regional jet, taxi to the gate.” Regional Jet:“Roger. To the gate.” [a long pause] Tower:“RJ, you going to […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers about their personal practices and policies regarding cell phones and other electronic distractions in the cockpit. The largest portion of respondents (46% of you) reported that you keep a cell phone on board in case of emergencies but never use […]

Years ago, my co-pilot and I were flying a Beech 90 at FL220 and encountered moderate icing. ATC granted our request for FL240, where we found lighter ice, but we decided to try FL200 in an attempt to exit the icing. The icing was again moderate at FL200. FL180 was not available due to the […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, in the wake of the news that one of the WAAS satellites had failed, we asked if it might be time to re-consider LORAN as a ground-based alternative to GPS. We’re glad we asked, since the question spurred some of our best reader 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 […]

Approaching my home airport with easterly winds, runway 7 is usually available: Me:“Tower, Cirrus 504PG, 10 miles west. Request 7.” Tower:“Cirrus 504PG, report midfield, downwind, 7.” Me:“Uhh – Cirrus 504PG is 10 miles west, inbound for 7.” Tower (realizing the mistake) :“Let me turn my monitor around. O.K., Cirrus 504PG, report three-mile final for 7.” […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Welcome back to AVweb‘s “Question of the Week,” where we take the pulse of the aviation community on the news topics of the day. Back before our Sun ‘n Fun polling hiatus, we asked readers for their opinion on the FAA’s decision to allow more tolerance […]

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 […]

The recent story about the squawk code that included an “8” reminded me of a recent VFR clearance I got from my home base ground controller. I called for flight following with SoCal while on Ground, and the following conversation took place: GND:“Cessna 1234: After takeoff, turn right to 120; climb and maintain 3,000; squawk […]

I was on my way to a fly-in at KMPV last Saturday, VFR on flight following with Boston Center. It was quite busy. Over 60 planes from all over New England were converging (some IFR, some VFR) when I heard one pilot check on by asking whether that was the correct frequency and, “Do you […]