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…Overheard one evening in August just west of ATL: Tower: (To aircraft doing touch and goes alone in the pattern) …You watching the fireworks just north of here? Piper1234: Yup … what’s the holiday on August 18th that includes fireworks? Tower: No clue. Unidentified: Well, I know what it is. Ten year aniversary of my […]

*** PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week’s question about VFR above an overcast layer (submitted by AVweb reader Steve Biddle) proved very popular with readers. We received over 1,200 responses, mostly from readers who thought our hypothetical pilot was in the clear (er, so to speak). 55% of you (689 respondents) thought it was poor judgement […]

Civil Air Patrol I received word from a gossipy type, but one in a position to know, that the CAP has had three very recent C-182 crashes and lost seven or nine members. Also, many pilots are quitting due to their new liability rules. I did not re-up in January ’04 after 30+ years.This is […]

The shadows were lengthening outside the window of the Pilot’s Lounge here at the virtual airport. From the tattered old lounge chair, I could see that the activity on the ramp was spooling down into “tucking them away for the night” mode. The flight school trainers were being fueled by the line crew and moved […]

*** PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, one AVweb reader asked if spin training should be included with Sport Pilot training.  11% of respondents said “definitely,” while another 9% argued there’s no need for spin training at the Sport Pilot level when it isn’t even part of Private Pilot training. The most popular response from AVweb […]

A Few Comments Regarding recent aviation news …1. I have not seen the obvious big plus in the light sport aircraft (LSA) program mentioned anywhere. That is for the new young upcoming pilots. Renting solo a tailwheel or float airplane is just not practical (or available) to the low-time pilot. The LSA program allows a […]

The ALPA meeting was over and we were in the coffee shop with a bunch of the retirees that had come to see if they still had a retirement. With all the recent turmoil in the business, many airlines had tried to do away with retirement benefits and some had succeeded. Lucky for us they […]

Brown Field, south of San Diego has an 8,000-foot runway offering multiple intersection departures for smaller aircraft (and exits for larger ones)… Experimental: Brown Tower, experimental ###, holding short of 26R on Bravo. Running late and ready to go. Tower: Experimental ### hold short landing traffic … Citation on four mile final. Experimental: Hold short […]

*** PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Charley, AVweb asked our readers about their aircraft insurance.  As it turns out, our you’re a pretty well-insured group:  70% of those who responded carry full hull coverage (moving or stationary, in the air or on the ground), plus liability insurance.  20% […]

Why Not Evacuate for Hurricane? Thanks for saying this (ATIS, Aug. 19). I was one of the very, very few who moved our plane out of Clearwater (CLW), to Asheville, by the way. Why so few?What really bothered me was the lack of concern by owners about the environment they’d created. Despite us “getting the […]