Short Final…
Overheard on the Houston Deperture frequency… DEP: Aircraft XYZ, Contact Yao Ming on 123.45 Pilot: …Huh? DEP: Houston Center
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Say Again? #50: Lost Communications — NORDO — Part 1
I‘ve been threatening to write this article for a while now and it’s as good a time as any. If you want to start an argument among pilots you only have to ask one little question: “Yeah, but what happens if you go NORDO?” If you read any aviation forums on the Internet, you know […]
Is Sport Pilot Training Uninsurable for Commercial Flight Schools?
General Aviation has seen an interesting and uncommon change recently: A new certificate is now available. Sport Pilot has been much-awaited, touted, and striven-for by many dedicated individuals and organizations whose goal was to help broaden the appeal of GA.Sport Pilot offers a new group of people the ability to participate in, help support, and […]
From The CFI #7: Scenario-Based Training
In a previous column I called for the need to change the way we train pilots and I suggested that scenario-based training (SBT) would be a way to meet the needs of the growing numbers of pilots who use their airplanes as transportation tools without leaving behind the purely recreational flyer. (After all, somebody has […]
AVmail: May 16, 2005
D.C. Intrusion AVweb Wrote (NewsWire, May 12): “Errant Pilots Cause Washington Scare” While I enjoy the AVweb magazine, I think the proper headline should be, “35,000 People Terrorized By The Federal Government.”On Wednesday, 35,000 people were needlessly told that their lives were in danger and to run wildly into the streets because an incompetent government […]
Short Final…
Overheard and unfortunately timely… Pilot: Unknown airport with Cessna 150 circling overhead … Identify yourself!
The Pilot’s Lounge #87: Etiquette Isn’t Just Raising Our Pinkies
It was a sodden, April Saturday afternoon in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport. The first unseasonably warm days of spring had brought out the tulips, hyacinths and optimistic pilots in droves. Frustratingly, on this weekend the weather had reverted to the precipitation that has been reputed to bring flowers in the subsequent month. […]
AVmail: May 9, 2005
User Fees This week’s Question is missing one important option (QOTW, May 4). I would support user fees in the form of license and registration fees if they provide me with some level of control of the FAA.Proposal: Replace the FAA with a non-profit corporation with a volunteer board of directors that is elected by […]
