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This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Following the midair collision of a helicopter and a Piper Saratoga, calls have gone out for tighter regulation in New York City’s Hudson River VFR corridor. Last Thursday, we asked AVweb readers for their opinion. Your answers were neck-and-neck, with 45% of those who responded saying […]

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” While in the pattern at Islip, New York, during a quiet time, we’d performed about 20 touch-and-goes, each time receiving a bland “cleared for touch-and-go” from the tower. Eventually, a Southwest Boeing 737 called the tower inbound: Southwest:“Tower, Southwest Fourteen Thirty-One.” Tower:“Southwest Fourteen Thirty-One, cleared for touch-and-go.” Southwest […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, GAMA released some sobering numbers about aircraft orders (and cancellations) for the current year. In response, we asked AVweb readers to predict when we might see the bottom of the current downturn for aviation. Reader responses ran the gamut of possible choices. The most […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” After clearing runway 161 at Van Nuys, California Airport, the tower asked my destination on the field. The conversation continued as follows: Tower:“Okay, cross runways 16L and 16R, continue taxi straight ahead to [name of FBO] and stay with me.” Me:“Crossing 16L and 16R, and appreciate the invitation […]

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 […]