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Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” One rainy evening in the L.A. basin, SoCal approach was trying to merge a bunch of traffic with wildly different airspeeds onto V23 southbound: SoCal:“Cessna Eight Eight Tango, what’s your best airspeed?” Cessna 88T:“One hundred ten knots.” SoCal (gloomy) :“Oh.” Cessna 88T:“Don’t be disappointed. It just means we’ll […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers whether they’d train in an LSA if they suddenly found themselves back at the beginning of their pilot training. We got some interesting letters on the subject, and your answers were scattered across all five of the options we described. […]

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 tackled a hot-button topic and asked if general aviation pays its fair share into the system. The biggest segment of readers who took time to answer our question admitted that private aviation benefits from services primarily created for commercial use, but stood firm […]

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 […]

Returning from a $100 hamburger in Lakeland to Orlando one Saturday afternoon: Orlando Approach:“N1234X, you have traffic 2 o’clock and 3 miles at 2,500, 7 o’clock and 2 miles at 3,000.” [pause] Orlando Approach:“Hey, just be careful. You’re surrounded.” John Summerfordvia e-mail

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked about increasing airline security and whether it will discourage people from traveling commercially. For once, the most popular answer to our Question was the perennial OTHER. Apparently opinions on the subject range much wider than we could represent with a handful of […]

Of all the changes general aviation has gone through in the past 20 years, the piston twin arguably has borne the brunt. Fuel prices, plus improved engine and systems reliability, have made piston twins less desirable than in their heyday of the 1960s and 70s. And for the same money as a new piston twin, […]

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 […]

Heard a funny one from NorCal Approach last Saturday. NorCal:“Cessna 1234Z, you have traffic at 2 o’clock, about 1,000 feet below you.” 1234Z:“Roger, NorCal. I see the traffic; it’s a red helicopter.” NorCal:“O.K., but they’re all green to me.” Terry Blumenthalvia e-mail