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Heard on Denver approach frequency Approach: Great Lakes One Twenty Three, traffic six o’clock, two miles, 1000 feet above you, a 737. Great Lakes: Approach, Great Lakes One Twentv-Three, if I told you I could see him, I’d be lyin’. Approach: If you told me you could see him, you’d be my mother, ’cause you’d […]

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AVmail: Jan. 15, 2007

Shortage of Maintenance Technicians I don’t believe [there is a shortage of maintenance technicians] for a microsecond (Podcast, Jan. 5). I was not an airline mechanic but I know that there are thousands out there that have been laid off from the airlines. I have to believe in the adage, “Follow the money, stupid!”Mike Dolan […]

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CEO of the Cockpit #66: Night Flight, Direct Rome

It was the kind of night that people always think of when they envision airline flying. Clear and a million and smooth as a baby’s backside.There was no moon and as we headed east over the west side of the Rockies, the only interruption from the star-filled darkness was the occasional meteor entering our atmosphere. […]

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Overheard recently at BWI: Baltimore Tower: Cirrus 123, your remarks section says you’re an Indy fan. Cirrus 123: Well, no not really, I’m originally from Baltimore, and you know how that story goes. Baltimore Tower: You’re a Ravens fan then? Cirrus 123: No. Baltimore Tower: Ah. A Colts fan, wherever they happen to be? Cirrus […]

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AVmail: Jan. 8, 2007

Repairs of Aging Aircraft I read that some FBOs in the States are refusing to work on aircraft over 18 years old (AVwebFlash, Jan. 4). I have an FBO at Clark Field, Philippines, and I will refuse to work on any aircraft newer than 18 years! My Ryan Navion I fly daily is now 58 […]

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Pelican’s Perch #82: The Dreaded Three-Engine 747

I have read more nonsense in “The Media” about the British Airways 747 that made the Los Angeles-to-England crossing on three engines than I can recall about most aviation “events.” I long ago gave up on “media” when it comes to aviation reporting, but this one is leading a lot of pilots astray, and we’re […]

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Returning to Princeton, New Jersey in a Seminole, I was proudly clipping along at 140 knots and can only assume that my deep voice and professional-sounding tone led to us appearing to be more than we were: Seminole Two Two Eight: “New York approach, Seminole Two Two Eight, 5,000.” Approach: “Seminole Two Two Eight, Morristown […]

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Question of the Week: Your Flying Resolutions for ’07

This Week’s Question |Last Week’s Results PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb asked how many of our readers wear hearing aids in the cockpit while flying.  (Er, headsets excepted – if we counted those, as a couple of readers pointed out, they’re the one hearing aid we should all be wearing.) A full two-thirds of […]

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