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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 […]
While coming into Grand Forks on a rather slow day, I was awaiting the freq change to tower… Me: Approach N*** looking for tower.Them: N*** 12 o’clock, 11 miles. It’s the tall one. (pause)Them: (laughing) N*** squawk VFR contact tower eighteen four have a good day.(…Maybe they could see my expression through the radio.)
These words are impromptu “Talking Stick” remarks that just came out during a gathering of family and friends to celebrate the life of Richard Dyken on July 15, 1999. A dedicated sky-diver-driver, he had just lost his life doing what he loved so much. The Talking Stick is a symbolic staff that served Native American […]
FAA Budget Cuts The FAA should not be cut another 12.6% (NewsWire, Sep. 20). I have been in this business since 1964. It used to be that we always had a FAA inspector looking over our shoulder. We never knew when. Due to cuts, you can’t even get them out of the office unless they […]
Pilot lounges are happy places containing the most entertaining bulletin boards available in the aviation world.You can tell a lot about the state of the world and what time of year it is by just looking over what is for sale on the wall of a lounge. When you see motorboats, airplanes, and expensive motorcycles […]
“Overheard this one while in the pattern at PBH…” Pilot: Price County traffic, Experimental #### will be going down in the lake off the end of 01. Unicom: Will notify Sheriff’s department immediately. Hang on! Pilot: ………..Uh, negative………we’re an Amphibian.
GA Screening Bill Rep. Weiner clearly doesn’t go far enough (NewsWire, Sep. 13). He should include private cars and trucks in his ban from cities of one million or more. Plus all truckers, bus drivers, train drivers, boaters and their passengers should be subject to rigorous security checks. We should ban anyone with packages more […]
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