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Some years ago, I was flying a red, white, and blue Decatalon out of Petaluma airport in northern California when I asked Oakland Center for some information: Oakland Center:“N12345 – are you flying a red, white, and blue airplane?” Me:“Don’t tel me you now have colored radar!” Oakland Center:“Naw. I fly the Decatalon out of […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers how much they’d be willing to spending on an Eclipse 500 jet. The largest segment of respondents fell in the less than $500,000 bracket. (We noted in the option that engines alone are worth that price.) Another 29% of you […]

It happened a couple of years ago in France, at La Fert-Allais (LFFQ) near Paris, a quite busy GA airport. A few planes were lined up for take-off behind a plane with a female student pilot and her instructor performing an apparently very long checklist. It had already taken 5 to 10 minutes, and the […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers to reflect on the legacy of Eclipse Aviation. Despite the bumps and bruises of Eclipse’s long shutdown, most of you felt the journey was worthwhile. One-third of those who answered our poll said new technologies were developed and lessons learned, […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” While on a Bay tour near San Francisco, a Cessna 172 pilot received an instruction from San Francisco tower to turn to a heading of 120 degrees for noise abatement. Cessna:“Noise abatement?” ATC:“Yeah. Did you ever hear the sound a Cessna makes when it hits a 747?” Richard […]

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 *** If you’re reading the newspapers or watching cable television, it might seem like everyone who flies has money to burn. Last week, we asked AVweb readers if they’re thought of as wealthy by their friends, family, and peers. The biggest segment of you (48%) gave the […]

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 on an Angel Flight into Baltimore, Maryland last fall, the following radio exchanges took place: Us:“Baltimore approach, Angel Flight is tuned into the localizer, but the needle is all over the place, and we’re hearing jazz music.” Airliner in the Vicinity:“Baltimore, we’d like to hear some jazz, […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked you to put yourselves in the position of the major airplane makers and tell us how you’d react to the oppressive antipathy toward private jets that’s been dominating the headlines. In a turn that surprised us only a little, the clear majority […]