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This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** In the week leading up to EAA AirVenture, we asked which of the four major attractions at this year’s show you were most excited about seeing. The most-anticipated attraction among AVweb readers turned out to be WhiteKnightTwo/Mothership Eve, which cornered 24% of your responses. Least anticipated? […]

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 […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” I was on V16 just off New York’s JFK Airport at 6,000 feet when New York departure called. Departure:“Mooney One Victor Sierra, say airspeed.” Me:“One hundred seventy-five knots.” Departure:“Bonanza Five Eight Two, say speed.” Bonanza:“One five five.” Departure:“Can you go any faster?” Bonanza:“Negative.” Departure:“Mooney One Victor Sierra, reduce […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” I heard this at Hanscom Air Force Base (Bedford, Massachusetts): Tower:“Westwind Two Three Four, taxi into position and hold.” Westwind 234:“Roger – assume the position.” Don DrugaLexington, Massachusetts

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked which aviation trade shows you’d be attending (or have already attended) in 2009. We were a bit surprised by the responses – mostly by the fact that 63% of those who responded aren’t attending any trade shows this year. The next largest […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” I heard this one at Detroit Metro as I was taxiing to parking. It was between a helicopter pilot and the control tower quite early one morning: Helicopter Pilot:“Metro tower, Helicopter 234 at Signature. Request northwest departure information Tango.” Tower:“Helicopter 234, northwest departure approved. No known traffic in […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked which air shows you’ll be attending (or have already attended) this year. To no one’s surprise, the most popular single event is EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh (barely a week away!). 26% of those who responded said they’d only be attending one show […]

My instructor and I were flying around today (July 8, 2009) and had an interesting exchange with ATC. I don’t know if you’ll include it in the “Short Final,” but we got a chuckle out of it. We were doing maneuvers under the hood in a BE-76 Duchess. My instructor had failed my left engine, […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, in the wake of several VLJ announcements, we asked AVweb readers if there are still too many of these “personal jets” vying for space in an increasingly tough aviation market. A small segment of those who responded (only 10%) said there’s no market, and […]

Many years ago, I had just landed at Cairns in Far North Queensland, when an incoming DC-9 called over the radio: DC-9:“Cairns Tower, TN 123. Request a wheelchair to meet the flight on arrival. It’s the Captain’s last landing.” Tower responded appropriately. I thought this was too good to miss, so I stayed on the […]