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This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers how much cross-border security is really necessary to keep terrorists and other dangers outside the U.S. The response was staggeringly unified:  78% of those who responded to our poll said that general aviation aircraft pose no more threat than cars […]

FSS Consolidation The anonymous author of “No More FSSs in the Northeastern U.S.” (AVmail, Nov. 5) should be aware that there are many alternate sources of weather information other than Lockheed-Martin and that not being able to talk to a L-M briefer with local weather knowledge should not put one or one’s family at risk.Considering […]

A highly successful manufacturer of personal airplanes displayed a big banner at AirVenture last summer that read, “Life without flight delays or cancellations.” Obviously this company was marketing to people who fly for business or long-distance personal transportation. Since I travel frequently by airline to train pilots fortunate enough to own their own airplane, the […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Returning home from the West Coast a few years ago, we landed in Flint, Mich. The Midwest had had weeks of rain and overcast skies that summer, and I got this on departure: “Bonanza Five Four Seven Zero Victor, when you get on top, would you look out […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers whether foreign companies should be allowed to manage the flight operations of U.S.-based charter airlines (as was the case with AMI Charter Jet). Your answers ran the gamut, but the largest segment of readers (39% of those who responded) gave […]

No More FSSs in the Northeastern U.S. Come this Sunday (11/4), the last remaining Flight Service Station (ISP) north of Virginia, east of Michigan will close for good. This means that when you’re flying in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, the Flight Service person you’re talking to on the radio most likely […]

The Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport was days and many miles away from the chair to which I was affixing myself with a seat belt and shoulder harness. I had foolishly started my travels via a ground conveyance that had proven its utility by breaking down rather spectacularly in rural Missouri. I managed the […]

When I was learning to fly in 1967 in Merced, Calif., we had no control tower. We were taught that after engine start-up, we should pretend to call the tower for taxi clearance. Another pilot trainee started his engine, then immediately started to taxi. The instructor stopped him and advised that he had forgotten to […]

Studs Terkel: We’re seated here, two old gaffers. Me and Paul Tibbets, 89 years old, brigadier-general retired, in his home town of Columbus, Ohio, where he has lived for many years. Paul Tibbets: Hey, you’ve got to correct that. I’m only 87. You said 89. Studs Terkel: I know. See, I’m 90. So I got […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** NASA has made the decision torelease the results of the aviation safety survey the agency had previously decided to withhold – but should that have been their call alone?  Last week, we asked AVweb readers who should make such decisions when it comes to releasing safety-related […]