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“You moron.”Visiting the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport is usually one of the highlights of my day. That greeting, however, caused me to think that this wasn’t going to be one of those days. I’d stopped by to see who was around and found that the column I had written last month about post-war […]

This is an exchange that happened … on a trip from Las Vegas (Henderson) to Oklahoma City (Sundance Air Park). We were level at 15,000 and just handed off from Las Vegas TRACON to LA Center. We had been at 15,000 for a few minutes and were definitely hungry to get to our final altitude […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we passed the buck and asked AVweb readers a question that was put to us by one of you, AVweb reader Steve Allen: Which is the bigger threat to general aviation – user fees or fuel prices? Given the current state of our Fuel […]

When we left our intrepid round-the-world pilots two weeks ago, they were about to launch for a flight up the Nile. First stop was Abu Simbel, two ancient, massive rock temples on the western bank of Lake Nasser, southwest of Aswan. A nearby airfield made it a convenient stop, and the visit was specatacular, despite […]

Rising Fuel Costs; Falling Flight Hours In your aviation news e-mail about this topic (AVwebFlash, May 30), your writer made this statement: “There’s an old saying that if you have to worry about the cost of fuel, you probably shouldn’t be flying.” I personally find this offensive! Everyone should have the opportunity to fly if […]

Heard on SoCal Approach: Approach:“Cessna 1234A, you have traffic at 12 o’clock, six miles at your altitude.” [no response] Approach:“Cessna 1234A, you have traffic at 12 o’clock, four miles at your altitude.” [no response] Approach:“Cessna 1234A, you have traffic at 12 o’clock, two miles at your altitude.” Cessna1234A:“I’m looking for the traffic … !” Approach:“Sir, […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers what they have planning (flying-wise) for the summer. With gas prices climbing and the economy stumbling, it seems most of our readers are planning to stay current and maybe attend a few local fly-ins – but that’s it. Fewer grand […]

The RTW pilots left Paris behind them and took off for Marrakech, in Morrocco, on the northwestern coast of Africa. The distance of about 1,100 nm meant only the PC-12 and the Cessna Conquest could fly nonstop. The TBM 700 and Cessna Mustang crews planned a stop in Gibraltar, near the southernmost tip of the […]

Taxi Instructions If the idea of relaying those instructions came from anyone less than the grey, FAA top end (AVwebFlash, May 20), it would have been either email or text direct to the cockpit to improve retention and verify correct information before the “send” key depression. Only the elderly still think voice is a great […]

Who knew that a nice afternoon movie during a Fort Lauderdale layover would lead me to pontificate yet again about aviation?The whole crew and I decided to take in an early after-lunch movie at the local cineplex. Since we had to take a vote on which movie to watch and since us two male pilots […]