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Animals and aviation have always had a close relationship. You’ve got your Flying Tigers, your Mustangs, and even the venerable B-52 has earned the name “the BUFF,” although I don’t think that name refers to the American Bison.I was thinking these thoughts recently at a dog agility trial where our Corgi was preparing to absolutely […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard while en route from Loveland, Colo., to Mesa, Ariz.: United 123: Center, weve got continuous chop at 390. Is the ride any better lower? Center: United 123, standby. Cactus 222 hows the ride? Cactus 222: Continuous chop at 350. Center: United 111, no joy. Were getting reports […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb asked our readers, “What is the main source of problems at airports?” The biggest portion of our readership responded with Local government doesn’t understand the airport’s role, an answer that accounted for 41% of those who took our poll. For a complete breakdown […]

Comair Sues FAA Over LEX Crash So Comair is suing FAA because the LEX controller didn’t watch to ensure that their CRJ found the right runway (AVwebFlash, Feb. 25). I doubt whether Comair will ask NATCA to testify on their behalf, since NATCA would state emphatically that this is not a controller’s responsibility, and never […]

I had standardized procedures drilled into me early on — an occupational hazard when your employer is the U.S. Air Force. In Air Force flight screening, flying off-the-shelf Cessna 172s we called T-41A Mescaleros, every flight was a series of standardized actions from preflight to the practice area to landing to shutdown. We knew what […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard while flying between Athens, Ga. and Charleston, S.C.: Bizjet 123: Approach we just flew through the localizer. Can you vector us around for another attempt – early turn in? Augusta Approach: Sorry about that. I was on the land line coordinating with Center and the guy just […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb asked if the FAA’s proposed avgas tax hikes would affect the number of hours you log in the air. Nearly 70 percent said they would fly less and a shocking 18 percent said they’d quit GA flying altogether if the 70-cent per gallon […]

Editor’s Note: This week we introduce a new columnist, Liz Moscrop, whose monthly Across the Pond column will explore GA issues in Europe. Imagine a family that aims to be the Waltons, but is actually more like the Bundys in Married with Children. Welcome to the European Union (EU). We might love each other (and […]

New FAA Rules About Charity Flights It seems there is some confusion over the effects of the new rules regarding charity flights (AVwebFlash, Feb. 11). Of particular concern would be whether flights must stay within 25 nm of — and return to — the departure airport, and the minimum flight hours a pilot must have […]

It builds up, doesn’t it? You make some airline flights and get treated like Grade Z beef cattle on the good ones. Then you have one where the experience is so rotten that you vow to use general aviation forevermore. And then the price of avgas goes up. Again. The TSA imposes yet another moronic […]