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With age comes wisdom…Overheard while flying the Philly Class B: PHL Tower: US Air 123 cleared to land Runway 27R. US Air 123: Cleared to land runway 26R. PHL Tower: I wish we had a 26R. But you are cleared to land runway 27R. US Air 123: Apologies, sir. Realized the mistake as it left […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, January 2005. When should the pilot-in-command of a flight decide that he is not going to fly a particular approach, or perhaps a particular flight, due to marginal or below-minimums weather?We all know that under Part 91 we can fly an approach even when the weather is reported […]

This Week’s Question | Last Week’s Question PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, it seemed like everyone was excited and curious about the announcement of a so-called “Cirrus Killer” from the design team at Cessna.  AVweb polled readers for their initial reactions, asking where a Cessna Cirrus Killer would rank in relation to other popular planes. […]

Last week in AVweb’s Brainteaser we invited readers to submit short stories about their first solo flights. The response was so overwhelming we can’t publish them all, but here are a few for your enjoyment. Congratulations to all who have ever soloed! 1966: Cessna 150. Instructor got out of plane, said, “You’re on your own; […]

Everybody wants to move up. I guess it’s just natural. Most pilots start out flying “low and slow” and long to go higher, faster, further. The Cessna 150 turns into a 172 and then a 210, to a twin and now everybody is dreaming about a Very Light Jet (VLJ).You see it somewhat in controllers, […]

British Airway’s Three-Engine Incident AVweb wrote (NewsWire, Jun. 12): “British authorities say flying a 747 on three engines over the polar icecap was the right thing to do and now they’re going to try to convince the FAA of that. As AVweb reported, the British Airways flight from LAX to London lost an engine after […]

As if to make the day perfectly symmetrical, two vans pulling small trailers came scooting down the driveway, crossed the parking lot and, slowing greatly, drove down the centerfield taxiway a short distance and turned into the grass. People spilled from the doors and went swiftly to the respective trailers from which they began unloading […]

No, that’s not what I said. “I was about to lift off with my instructor from a class D airport in a Robinson R-44. The route of flight would take us very near neighboring Class C airspace. The controller questioned us after we gave our initial heading…” Controller: Staying clear of all airspaces? My instructor: […]

Dakota Breakup near ACY I fly this area regularly. So the interest in this accident is high.To correct your report (NewsWire, Jun. 5): Weather at the time of the accident was far from benign. Looks like this poor fellow got upset in hard IMC.The sky at the time of the accident was 700 overcast. Here […]