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Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard on a busy Friday afternoon with Seattle Center/Approach: Center (handing off to Approach):“Cross JAXON at 8,000 and reduce speed to 250.” Airliner 123 (checking in):“Approach, will we have to slow to 250 knots at JAXON?” Center:“Airliner 123, I wish I could say no, but approach insists that […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked for your opinion on who the next FAA Administrator should be. While one in five of you picked Vern Raburn for the job, the most popular answer (by far) was that perennial favorite, OTHER (My choice doesn’t match any of the options). […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Heard this somewhere over Kansas: Center:“Airline 312, traffic. Eleven o’clock, three miles, FL 310 Citation, westbound.” Airline 312:“We got `em on the pig finder.” N700AN:“Kansas City Center, Cheyenne Zero Alpha November. Request.” Center:“Go ahead.” N700AN:“Was that a ‘Papa-India-Golf finder’?” ATC:“It’s a TCAS.” Anonymous Voice:“That’s called a ‘Foxtrot-India-Sierra-Hotel finder.’” […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked which issue should top the U.S. government’s list of general aviation priorities in 2009. The most popular answer was user fees, which garnered 44% of the vote. Coming in a distant second, FAA reauthorization accounted for 16% of the answers. The least […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Some years ago at Des Moines, Iowa, I was holding in the run-up area when I heard the tower call an airliner: Tower:“Airliner 1234, cleared for takeoff. Runway 30 right.” Airliner:“Tower, we’re still waiting for our numbers.” Tower:“Roger, Airliner 1234. Cancel departure clearance; hold short of the runway.” […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Two weeks ago (before the AOPA Expo), we asked readers to predict what may happen with Eclipse and AAI (owners of the Adam A700). Believe it or not, over half of you (52%) predicated certain collapse for both companies. At the other end of the spectrum, […]

That Ditto Ain’t a T-38 First of all, I think that AVweb is great and I look forward to every issue, and the staff do a great job. But I think there might be a misprint because, in the caption for Mr. Valovich’s Picture of the Week (POTW, Oct. 30) it says that Ditto is […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard near the Tennessee/Alabama border: Memphis:“Heavy Iron 123, reduce speed to 210.” [no response] Memphis:“Heavy Iron 123, reduce speed to 210.” [no response] Memphis:“Heavy Iron 123, reduce speed to 210, now. You’re about to knock the rudder off that traffic in front of you. Or, if you’d rather […]

One of the hardest parts of flying instruments is making the transition from on-the-gauges to visual flight at the missed approach point. Visual and instrument pilots also have difficulty at times landing in the proper touchdown zone because they’re too fast or too slow on final. One way to make safe, consistent landings, and to […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Heard on the Detroit approach frequency while flying just north of Detroit City Airport one Sunday evening: Approach:“Airliner XXXX, turn left heading 350. Direct Flint when able.” Airliner XXXX:“Left three-fifty, direct Flint.” Approach:“Airliner YYYY, proceed direct Salem when able.” Airliner YYYY:“Direct Salem.” Airliner XXXX:“Airliner YYYY – hey, Dave, […]