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*** PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb asked the loaded question on everyone’s mind:  Was the SpaceShipOne launch really historic – or was it just hype?  55% of readers who responded to our poll said this was definitely a historic moment for flight.  Another 25% of respondents went a step further, telling us they were […]

ATC Retirements How is it that President Reagan could fire 12,000 air traffic controllers, and replace them overnight (NewsWire, June 16) … and today we can not find 7,000 ATC replacements over the course of many years?John Van Baren AVweb Replies Well, effects of the PATCO strike are still being felt. Initially, supervisors and military […]

*** PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Not surprisingly, three out of four AVweb readers hate lawyers.  Maybehate is too strong a word, but 75% of those who responded to last week’s poll on aviation litigation said that frivolous lawsuits are mostly useless and serve only to drive up the already-expensive cost of flying.  The other 25% of […]

About that VFR “course” I wanted to write last month: Would you like to guess why I wanted to write it? That’s right — because I’ve been working a sector full of them lately.I’ve aimed my previous columns about VFRs (mostly) at the low time pilots. This time, I want to talk to the rest […]

Click for Full-Size Images Each high-res imagewill open in a new window. Be sure to check out ourgallery of pre-launch photos And that’s just the media parking lot … Pre-dawn Monday.The world awaits. The beginning of a very new day. Libyan Mig killer and manager of China Lake’srestricted airspace, Rear Admiral Dave Venlet (right), chats […]

Click for Full-Size Images Each high-res imagewill open in a new window. Be sure to check out ourgallery of launch day photos Scaled composites – not your average workplace Very Light Jets – a good (if old) idea A flower in the desert, making history There’s more than one reason NASA would have run way […]

Panic in DC I just loved the recent incident with the Governor of Kentucky and the DC ADIZ (NewsWire, June 14). We need a few more like this so senior government officials will see the folly of this ADIZ nonsense.I understand that the pilots of that plane had notified ATC of the transponder malfunction, flew […]

A friend of mine called the other night. She’s a designated pilot examiner and we’ve known each other for almost 30 years. She had the usual list of complaints about the inadequacies of the current bunch of applicants she had examined. Very often, my friend arrives at the airport to administer a practical test only […]

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