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Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” While on a trip in a Grumman Cheetah from Marathon, Florida Keys to Exuma in the Bahamas, I ran into a large area of clouds hanging over Andros Island. They’d been classified as benign when I’d received my weather briefing about an hour and a half earlier. I […]

A half-dozen GA aircraft took off from Quebec City last week for the first leg of a 10-week round-the world adventure. The pilots, who are flying on an escorted trip organized by Air Journey, will visit 22 countries on five continents, logging more than 24,000 nautical miles. “This is a dream come true!” said Thierry […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked if diesel engines are the wave of the future in aviation. While that seems to be the prevailing opinion, AVweb readers disagree. Your answers were pretty evenly scattered across a range of options from absolutely to no way, with just under 50% […]

Ethanol In Autogas After reading the article in today’s AVweb about ethanol in auto fuel in Idaho (AVwebFlash, May 4), I want to tell you that almost the same situation exists in Kansas. In my hometown of Hutchinson, the only place in town where I can get auto fuel without any ethanol is at one […]

No matter where pilots gather, it’s only a matter of time before someone starts a debate over which are the best and worst airplanes. It is no exception in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport, and the battle was raging one afternoon when I happened to wander in. Old Hack was adamant that the […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” While flying practice approaches at Sioux City, Iowa I heard: Tower:“Skylane Eight Seven Charlie, cleared for the approach; caution, waterfall in the area.” [a short silence, presumably while the Skylane pilot questioned passengers on the transmission] Skylane:“Eight Seven Charlie, say again?” Tower:“Skylane Eight Seven Charlie, cleared for the […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, in the wake of DayJet’s cutbacks, we asked AVweb readers whether air taxi services still have a bright future ahead. A third of you said yes, but in a limited capacity, and nearly as many gave an unequivocal yes as your answer. It seems […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Heard on 121.5 on December 1, 2001 in the Frederick/Hagerstown, Maryland area (near Camp David or P40): Pilot:“Air Force on 121.5, Cherokee One Two Three.” Air Force (my guess is this was the AWACS controller):“Go ahead.” Pilot:“There are some F-15s near me. They do not answer my calls.” […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked whether you’d ever consider owning an electric-powered airplane. Nearly half of those who responded to our poll (47%) were optimistic but cautious, saying they might climb aboard when the range and power get better – but a full quarter of you were […]

MOAs This [MOA] controversy is stirring up the controllers.While using VFR flight-following on a clear day on my 14-hour Sun ‘n Fun trip home from Florida to New Hampshire, I was about to enter an MOA in South Carolina when the controller indicated it was now hot (no warning, no schedule — he had just […]