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Each story has links to AVweb’s original coverage for more details. You can also read about the year’s business aviation news in our BizAV Year in Review. Sport Pilot, Unleashed! Without question, the biggest GA story of 2004 was the release of the FAA’s new Sport Pilot rule — finally, after years of struggle and […]

I know I’ve got a bad reputation, and it isn’t just talk, talk, talk …” So says Freedy Johnston, one of those wonderfully quirky songwriters who’s way too good to ever reach the mainstream. His music oozed into my head the day a friend of mine called to ask about my experiences flying a Mooney […]

Security Incident The system works. A recent story from Kansas shows what normally happens at an airport where someone seems out of place.A nefarious character was spotted by a customer service person at local airport. The man just seemed out of place. The individual was identified, the local communication network was activated, and the individual […]

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Abilene Atlantic City Albany County Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Bangor Birmingham Billings Boise Buffalo Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Columbia Metropolitan (CAE) Akron-Canton Charleston AFB (CHS) City of Colorado Springs Yeager (CRW) Duluth International Dupage (DPA) Des Moines El Paso Fairbanks Fresno Fayetteville Regional (FAY) Fort Wayne (FWA) Fort Lauderdale Executive Spokane Piedmont Triad (GSO) Tri-State Milton J. Ferguson (HTS) Hulman […]

Every once in a while something happens that causes me to escape to the Pilot’s Lounge here at the virtual airport after everyone has gone home for the evening. It is an excellent place to go when I need to regain my perspective on matters affecting the world of aviation. Sitting in one of the […]

An oldie, but a goodie… A fighter pilot called for a priority landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running, “a bit peaked.” A controller responded and the lore follows… ATC: Roger. You’re number two behind a B-52. They’ve had to shut down an engine. Fighter Pilot: Ah, yes … the dreaded seven-engine approach.

A retelling of the 19th-century story, especially for aviators. This has been floating around the Internet for years in various forms — and probably was passed around as photocopies for years before that. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and out on the ramp,Not an airplane was stirring, not even a Champ.The aircraft were fastened to […]

The differential compression check has been a mainstay of piston aircraft engine maintenance for the last 70 years, give or take. Like anything else in aviation that’s been around for a long time, various Old Wives’ Tales (OWTs) have evolved about the procedure, passed on from journeyman mechanic to apprentice, and later taught in A&P […]