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A few years ago I was getting an IFR clearance from ground control. When I called for clearance I had a brain-fart and forgot where we were going. The conversation went like this: Me: Ground, Lear 1234 looking for clearance to ……. ummmmm …. that airport we’re going to. Ground: Lear 1234 cleared to that […]

During this year’s repositioning of the Pilot’s Lounge from the virtual airport to the EAA convention at Oshkosh, many of our regulars and visitors again partook of a rather cynical variation of the traditional form of recreation-at-the-airport-when-we’re-not-flying: watching arriving aircraft to see stupid pilot tricks.Sadly, we saw a bunch.While the majority of arriving pilots demonstrated […]

This Week’s Question |Last Week’s Results PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, an AVweb reader wondered whether increased government regulation might actually be good for the major airlines, suggesting that it could provide a more stable path to profit and viability. AVweb readers on the whole seemed to disagree.  A full 36% of those who responded […]

Crash at Lexington The tragedy at Lexington offers insight to a couple of areas (NewsWire, Sep. 11). The FAA can make rules in a knee-jerk reaction, but has a hard time spending the money to follow them. The FAA wants to staff to traffic, whatever that means. It should staff to safety. Which is what […]

The sound of cooperation. Departing out of Edmonton AB, CYXD, Friday 27 Sept 06 I was talking to departure and after getting north a way… City Center: Grumman RGG, I see you over [pause] I forgot the name of the town. RGG: Morinville City center: Right. Cleared enroute, radar service is terminated. City Center: Everybody […]

This Week’s Question |Last Week’s Results PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Our most recent “Questions of the Week” have centered around airplane shopping and buying.  Last week, we asked which factor (from our list) is the most important in your personal decision to by a new aircraft. Always responsible, AVweb readers named safety the most important factor […]

Remind me, again. What did I just say?(Heard at KRFD the other day as we turned to final in a King Air.) Cessna123: Cessna123 ready to go Runway 19. Tower: Hold short for traffic on final.

I don’t usually travel by boat, but I found myself crossing the rough waters of a Midwestern, middle-size lake. I was on my way to a friend and co-pilot’s 50th birthday party. It was to be held on the hallowed picnic grounds once cavorted upon by this person’s forebears and ancestors. A sort-of old-time, traditionally […]

This Week’s Question |Last Week’s Results PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb asked what type of plane (realistically) our readers mightconsider buying in the near future. Your answers ran the entire gamut from LSAs to fractional ownerships, butclearly the most popular option is purchasing a used, fully-certified aircraft.That choice accounted for 39% of all readers […]

Cockpit Security No matter what technology may be employed to bar unauthorized entry to the “front office,” rest assured that it will be challenged by innovation on the part of the terrorists (AVwebFlash, Sep. 14). I wouldn’t be surprised to see contacts that can foil retinal scanners and gloves that can do likewise to fingerprint […]