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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 […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers if they’ll be attending either of the major U.S. summer aviation shows (Sun ‘n Fun and AirVenture), just local air shows, or some combination of the two. We’d like to report a seismic shift in air show attendance plans from […]

This one may not have come over the radio, but it’s a priceless cockpit exchange: I was flying with a friend and his 7-year-old nephew a few weeks ago. After take-off, I was talking to departure control and was given numerous vectors and altitudes in the busy DFW airspace. After a few minutes, the youngster […]

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 […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked if the time has come for an overhaul of the flight training system. Our informal poll revealed that most respondents are in favor of a revamp but are wary of throwing out the baby with the bath water. Accounting for 49% 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 […]