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This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers which story out of EAA AirVenture 2008 was the biggest. To our surprise, 43% of those who responded said OTHER! We thought our list of choices was pretty good, ranging from jet-pack mania to the leadership change at Eclipse, but […]

It happened the second day I was at Oshkosh. I’d vacated the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport to visit Oshkosh along with a few hundred thousand of my closest friends for our annual immersion in all that is aviation. I gaped at the latest in electronics for the instrument panel, marveled at some of […]

Listening to Oshkosh Tower transmissions on LiveATC.net last week, I overheard a controller tell an approaching seaplane: Oshkosh Controller:“Amphib landing runway 36, the runway is dry; check for wheels down.” Don Aldridgevia e-mail Several “Short Final” stopped by the AVweb and press trailer during AirVenture to share their favorite radio funnies with us – but, […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** As worries about airplane theft, vandalism and for-profit scavenging multiply, we’re starting to get a little more security-conscious at our own airports – and so, we’re willing to wager, are AVweb readers. Before we left for EAA AirVenture, we asked how you would rate the security […]

Pilot Leaves Controls I enjoy your Web site a great deal, but the fact that a pilot recently left the controls to untangle a ‘chutist (AVwebFlash, July 20) is a bit similar to the typical news article where the airplane that crashed had no flight plan.Leaving the controls is not that big of a deal, […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Palm Beach, Florida approach was busy, as usual. My experience is that they’re always 100% business and 0% humor. They must have had a new controller at the mic: Approach:“Mooney Three Four November, squawk VFR; frequency change approved.” Mooney 34N:“Approach, uh, roger – and I want to report […]

It seems strange to feel cold while flying in the middle of summer but I was chilled to the bone. Long legs in high-altitude transports always result in a cold-soak, and the low temps work their way though the cockpit wall and over to your seat.On the Boeing 727, it was just something we had […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Thunderstorms moved across the Cleveland area, and approach control tried to get one more airplane in: Cleveland Approach:“Northwest Twelve Thirty-Four, if you can descend to 3000, I’ll vector you for a straight-in ILS 28.” Northwest 1234 (no doubt sensing a last-chance opportunity to beat the storm) :“We’re outta […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** With more and more “personal jets” in the offing, we’re starting to wonder if this is the start of a new era for GA or just another short-lived trend. Last week, we looked to AVweb readers for predictions, asking how many single-engine jets you think will […]

Demise of 100LL I just got done reading Lance Nuckoll’s letter regarding the highly uncertain future of 100LL (AVmail, July 7). Given that lead is considered bad news (you can’t even use it in solder for electronics anymore), 100LL isn’t going to be around forever.I would like to offer a suggestion as to how to […]