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This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked if the FAA should take a closer look at helicopter EMS procedures and perhaps create a new class of regulations. The largest single segment of respondents (39% of you) said existing regulations are fine; they just need to be enforced – but […]

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” We were flying from Chatham, Massachusetts to Nantucket with flight following from Cape approach. The weather was marginal VFR with heavy haze and reasonably poor visibility when, out of the mist, we heard this on the air: Cape Approach:“Cessna Four Five Six, are you aware that you are […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Companies receiving federal bailout money are under ever more pressure to control their spending. Last week, we asked AVweb readers how these companies should handle air travel in the current climate. The most popular answer (chosen by 37% of those who answered our poll) was to […]

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” This comes from a search-and-rescue pilot at Canadian Forces Base, Bagotville, Qubec. It allegedly happened late one night during bad weather, as heard over the tower radio: First Voice (helicopter pilot):“Roger, I’m holding at 3,000 over the beacon.” Second Voice (panicky):“No, you can’t be doing that – I’m […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** The $100 hamburger is nice, but sometimes you just need to get a little further away from the rat race. Last week, we asked AVweb readers where they’d most like to fly to get away from it all. The most popular getaway destination in our informal […]

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” Near Boca Raton, Florida, I heard an unknown airplane call, its transmission totally garbled. Boca Raton Tower:“Aircraft calling Boca Raton: Unreadable!” Unknown Airplane:[Again, totally garbled.] Boca Raton Tower:“Aircraft calling Boca Raton: Suggest trying another radio. You sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher.” Don TrippTequesta, Florida

Although avgas prices have abated recently, smart owners know the respite is temporary, thus economical airframes are much in demand in the current anemic market. Topping the list of economical choices is Mooneys venerable M20J or 201. The J-model is one of those rare ideal compromises between speed, economy and payload. Its not the fastest […]