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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 […]

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.