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Flight Service Stations I must be the only person in the country not affected by the FSS problems (AVWebFlash, Jun. 13). I’ve been using DUATS since its inception because it gave me the one thing FSS never could seem to provide: just the facts, M’am, just the facts. All I ever wanted was the weather […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard at DFW: Dallas/Fort Worth Clearance Delivery: Nine Eight Two Sierra Yankee stand by to copy clearance. N982SY: Nine Eight Two Sierra Yankee ready to copy. Clearance Delivery: Nine Eight Two Sierra Yankee is cleared direct Rockport, after departure fly runway heading at or below 2,000 expect 10,000 […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb solicited reader opinions on the FAA’s revamped, internet-based WINGS program. The largest segment of those readers who chose to answer our question were on the fence about “WINGS 2.0”:  34% of you said you might try one or two of the online courses […]

Flight Service Stations I have been a pilot weather briefer for almost 20 years — four years in Missoula, Mont., and the last 15 here in McMinnville, Oreg. I take pride in the experience and knowledge-base I have gained over the span and in the fact that I can convey to pilots what they need […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard on Chicago Center at 4 a.m., with a female controller working a frequency with almost no traffic. Cessna 3AB: Cessna Three Alpha Bravo, radio check. Chicago Center: Youre loud and clear Three Alpha Bravo. Cessna 3AB: Not too busy this morning? Center: Its not even four oclock. […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers which outside factors (i.e., things aside from price and feature set) are the most important to them when buying a new headset. 34% of those who responded said that actual demonstrations, such as seeing a product demo at an air […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard while flying into Troutdale, Ore. (KTTD) Class D airspace. N338BV: Three Three Eight Bravo Victor, inbound, 3000 level, three miles, full stop. Troutdale Tower: Three Three Eight Bravo Victor cleared straight-in Runway 25. Wind 270 at seven. N338BV: Do you want me on a right- or left-hand […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb asked whether sentences of up to five years for pointing a laser at an aircraft were reasonable. Responses were split pretty evenly among both extremes, with 40% of those who responded saying that yes, this affects aviation (and airmen’s) safety and requires a […]

Radar Argentina is not the only place where the radar is not working (AVwebFlash, May 20). I spent three months flying helicopters offshore in Trinidad in close proximity to Piarco, the international airport. Lots of helicopters and airliners with everyone making position reports in various forms of English with varying degrees of accuracy. A disaster […]

Want to practice a single maneuver that can teach volumes about safely flying airplanes? Consider the steep turn — perhaps the perfect training and proficiency maneuver.Steeps turns are a required Task for all airplane pilot certificates — Recreational, Sport, Private, Commercial and Airline Transport Pilot. The Practical Test Standards (PTS) for each certificate tell the […]