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Question of the Week: Paying at the Pump

This Week’s Question |Last Week’s Results PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb asked readers how their local government officials(as a rule) view the community airport. Happily, most of our respondents told us that their representativeshave either a very positive or somewhat positive view ofthe local airport. (48% of reader responses fell into one of thosetwo […]

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AVmail: Dec. 11, 2006

No New Technician Ratings Your headline in today’s edition, “New Aircraft Technician Ratings Proposed” is incorrect (AVwebFlash, Dec. 4). The NPRM is proposing a revision to repair station ratings under FAR Part 145, not to technician ratings under FAR Part 65.Robert Holdridge James Bond’s Airstrip Regarding the air strip in Courchevel, France (Video of the […]

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Pelican’s Perch #81: It’s a Jungle Down There

As I type this, the Brazilians have finally released the two pilots involved in the mid-air collision of their Embraer Legacy jet with a GOL Airlines 737 on Sept. 29. They have spent more than two months under “house arrest,” with their passports confiscated, preventing them from leaving the country, with no charges filed against […]

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Short Final

We were in our Seneca performing the pre-takeoff run-up at Orlando Executive Airport when we heard this exchange on ground control frequency: Cessna: Orlando ground, Cessna Two Three Four, clear of the active. Ground: Cessna Two Three Four, taxi to the ramp. Cessna (still on ground frequency but thinking he’d switched to unicom 122.95): Executive […]

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Question of the Week: Local Governments and Local Airports

This Week’s Question |Last Week’s Results PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked if you were planning to add WAAS to your Garmin IFR GPS receiver(s) when the upgrade becomes available. Being the tech-savvy group you are, a large chunk of AVweb readers (42% of those who responded) said yes without hesitation. At the other […]

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Say Again? #70: Speaking Freely

One of my new duties in retirement is that of driver. Mom’s taxi has become Dad’s taxi. I was driving my son to school, halfway listening to a story on National Public Radio and I heard a familiar phrase: “Institutional memory.” That got my attention. Institutional memory is a phrase I use when I try […]

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AVmail: Dec. 4, 2006

Shorter Runways Are Safer … Michigan Proves It! I read today’s AVwebFlash with great interest. The article about the Martin Co., Fla., airport that wanted to shorten the runway to accommodate noise complaints (On The Fly, Nov. 27) could have been written about our local airport in Canton, Mich., (1D2). This state-owned airport now sports […]

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The Pilot’s Lounge #107: Penny Foolish, Pound Stupid

I was sitting in a recliner in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport, minding my own business, when Old Hack came whistling into the room and pulled the Reader’s Disgust magazine from in front of my slowly-moving lips.”Hey, I was reading that.”Boy, I got more important stuff for you to read, right here. I’ll […]

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Short Final

Overheard while flying practice approaches at Sioux City, Iowa: Tower: “Skylane Eight Seven Charlie, cleared for the approach; caution, waterfall in the area.” 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 approach; caution, waterfall in the area.” […]

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