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Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” I was with an instrument student in a P210 preparing to depart IFR from Leesburg, Virginia. The remote radio frequency wasn’t operating, so instead we set up the frequency for the Ground Control Outlet and clicked the microphone to activate the autodial telephone patch to Dulles Approach for […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked what sorts of aviation-related gifts our readers received during the holidays – and were shocked to see that our option choices were so far off-base! (Either that, or you were very naughty pilots this year and just got lumps of coal in […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard on Baltimore approach frequency: Approach:“Cessna 1234B, what code are you squawking?” Cessna:“We’re squawking [CODE]. Is everything O.K.?” Approach:“Cessna 34B, you’re inside Class B air space, you don’t have a clearance to enter Class B, and you’re squawking the wrong code. Other than that, everything is just fine.” […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Happy holidays from your friends at AVweb! Last week, we asked our readers to name the ideal gift for a pilot. The top answer in our information survey was (of course) is money – but barring a blank check from Uncle Dave, the next most popular […]

Beechcrafts Model 33 Bonanza was one of the few piston singles to survive the great general aviation slump of the 1980s. The quintessential doctor/lawyer single, it even outlived the previous archetype, the Model 35 V-tail Bonanza, by 12 years, only succumbing even as the landmark product-liability-reforming General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 became law. Ultimately, […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Over Southern California, United 202 requested direct to Winslow, Arizona from Southern California. Instead, Center gave him this: Center:“United 202, I’ve cleared direct St. Louis.” United 202:“Direct St. Louis. Thanks.” United 18 (foreseeing good fortune):“Center, United 18. Request direct – uh – er – anywhere.” Center:“United 18, expect […]

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 […]

Things have been kind of busy, so my visits to the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport have been carried out at low cruise. I was present long enough recently to hear a student describing to his instructor what he had learned after having some difficulty with crosswind landings. She listened patiently as his recital […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers if they’re flying more now that fuel prices have fallen again – and we got a wide array of responses. One in five of those who responded told us the recent economic problems have impacted their flying more than high […]

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 […]