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Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard at Augusta (Georgia) Regional Airport: Bonanza:“Bonanza Three Seven November, ready to taxi.” Ground:“Taxi to runway 17. Contact tower, 118.7.” Bonanza:“Uh, taxi to runway 17, and contact tower on, uh – 123.4?” Ground:“Contact tower on 118.7.” Bonanza:“Contact tower on, uh, 7 17.8?” Ground:“No, but you’re getting close.” Frank […]

The six-seat retractable single is a market niche to which many prospective owners aspire. And why not? They are as fast as many twins, can carry prodigious payloads, come with plenty of panel space to install any goodies the previous owner neglected and generally are easy to fly. The solo powerplant avoids a twins upkeep […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers if they’d ever faced the same situation as air show performer Sean Tucker: running out of fuel. While the majority of our readers (56% of those who took time to respond) said they’d never even come close, the other 44% […]

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” Heard on descent, about 100 miles north of Sacramento, California: Cessna 12345:“Oakland Center, Cessna Four Five Six. Am I still getting flight following? I was looking at my chart and might have missed a call.” Oakland Center:“Cessna Four Five Six, you’re still on my radar and receiving flight […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers if they had upgraded to 406 MHz ELTs. The biggest single group of responses (accounting for 21% of participants) said I don’t think I’ll bother, while the second largest segment (19%) said I’ll use something else, like SPOT. For a […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Perhaps someone should explain to this pilot the subtleties of requesting a pop-up clearance: Skyhawk:“Rochester departure, Skyhawk One Two Three. Request a pop-up clearance to Buffalo. We’re IMC.” Ronald Burkvia e-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 […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Everyone’s watching the budget these days, including many AVweb readers who are foregoing new airplane purchases to spruce up their existing planes. So what was the most popular category of purchases? Routine items to just stay safe, according to 31% of those who participated in last […]

The following actually happened on April 24, 2009. (N12345 is a Piper Archer with headphones.) Tower:“All aircraft, ATIS information Victor is present.” N12345:“WB Approach, 12345 is inbound with Victor, full stop.” N12345 Passenger:“There are four people on board, and no one is named Victor. Where is Victor on this plane, or did you forget him?”