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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 […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we gave AVweb readers the hypothetical opportunity to decide how federal aviation stimulus money should be spent. Given your druthers, 37% of you would rather see the money go to ADS-B infrastructure, while the second largest segment of readers (25%) would make additional runways […]

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 […]

Related many years ago by Diane Ritt, Assistant Airport Manager at Antrim County Airport: Cherokee:“Charlevoix Unicom, Charlevoix Unicom, this is Cherokee [Something] Xray. What are your winds and active?” ATC:“Cherokee [Something] Xray, the winds are out of the east at five, active runway is zero nine.” Cherokee:“Charlevoix, I’m out here by the cement plant, and […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers if 2009 might be the year they take the plunge and buy a light airplane. Despite the prevailing economic indicators, the most popular answer was Yes, something nice but pre-owned. (That choice accounted for 38% of responses.) Perhaps there’s a […]

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 while en route to Hendersonville, NC: Approach:“Piper XXX, say destination.” Piper XXX:“Destination:T as in … tail.R as in … roger.I as in … um … inside.” Jeff BrooksFlushing, MI

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers which breaking news story of 2008 deserved the title “Story of the Year.” Once again, that perennial favorite choice OTHER topped the list, though only by a fraction of a percentage. Running neck-and-neck with the catch-all choice was the Eclipse […]

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 […]