Short Final…
You know it’s election season when…Heard on the Green Bay ATIS broadcast: “…advise on initial contact that you have information Bravo. I’m Green Bay Ground Control and I approved this ATIS.”
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Say Again? #42: The Mysterious D-Side
Recently, while conducting yet another tour of Atlanta Center, I noticed a pilot’s fascination with the D-side. He just couldn’t quite figure out what the D-side was doing. We had walked over to a different Area than mine to take a look at his home airport. It just happened to be quite busy.As a matter […]
AVmail: Oct. 11, 2004
“Air Show” Crash at Fullerton I would have hoped that AVweb would do a better job of factual reporting than to classify a maintenance test flight of the Ford Tri-motor replica as an “Air Show” crash (NewsWire, Sep. 30). This is how air shows get a bad name! Bill Cornick AVweb Replies The initial information […]
The Wide, Wild Skies Of Alaska
It’s not the bitter cold, or the freezing ice, or the chronic clouds that make flying in Alaska so different from everywhere else. It’s not even the six months of murky darkness, when the arctic sun barely creeps above the gray horizon.It’s the emptiness.”You can fly for miles and miles, hours and hours, and there […]
Short Final…
Local Traffic Watch (LTW): Approach, N1234, we can turn northbound anytime. Approach: Roger, N1234. How about Tuesday afternoon? (pause…) LTW: Standby while we check our fuel, N1234.
SpaceShipOne, Ansari X Prize Winner
“The Age Of The Impossible” Burning Nitrous Oxide and Rubber (and not rolling) to 367,442 MSL (according to the chief on-site X Prize judge), Mojave Aerospace Ventures led by Burt Rutan and funded by Paul Allen Monday earned the Ansari X Prize of $10 million. The October 4, 2004 flight of SpaceShipOne flown by Brian […]
AVmail: Oct. 4, 2004
Airport Closures and Other Anti-Aviation Stuff I agree with Terri Lee Jones (AVmail, Sep. 13): The TSA should use the terrorist watch list to ensure those people who object to aircraft sound and overflights are not unduly provoked. Timothy McVeigh was a great guy, very conscientious, convinced the government was on the wrong track, and […]
The Pilot’s Lounge #79: Reno, Baby — Go Fast, Fly Low, Turn Left
Old Hack was the instigator. Because of him the Pilot’s Lounge departed the virtual airport in mid-September, and headed for the National Air Races at Reno Stead Airport, north of Reno, Nev., for a serious fix of airplanes flying very fast and very low, while making noise that hits a person right in the gut […]
