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Tower: Katana ###F you are number two for landing following a Piper Warrior. Katana ###F (a student … me): Number two following a Warrior that I am looking for. Tower: The Warrior is on left downwind at about 2 oclock. Katana ###F: I have the traffic in sight, Katana ###F. (Few moments pass) Katana ###F: […]

*** PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb asked for your opinions on the FAA’s MAP program, whereby military airports receive funding to be used toward developing “joint use” facilities that will alleviate the growing strain on GA airports.  27% of you said that this is definitely a wise move on the FAA’s part, putting money […]

Candor in Caldwell Super Cruiser: Caldwell tower, Super Cruiser N### has just departed Morristown, I would like to transition your airspace to the north. CDW: Super Cruiser transition approved at or above 1700 ft. (About 5 minutes later…) CDW: Super Cruiser, say again aircraft type. Super Cruiser: Caldwell Tower, I am a PA-12, 1946 Piper […]

Meigs North It has been a long time since Mayor Daley bulldozed the island airport’s runway (NewsWire, May 10). The reason for it was to turn it to a park for the Chicagoans, he said.Well, just what does that park looks like nowadays? I am a Canadian but nevertheless am interested just how this Barbarian […]

Photos by William Gilson — Aerophoto International The sky over 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, was unusually crowded over the past couple of months. Over 100 aircraft from many different countries could be seen taking off from the base and headed out to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range. It was all part of the […]

It is a very rare occasion when I attend an Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) meeting. Usually, they are held at some motel meeting room hundreds of miles from my home, and it is also usually during a very nice day that could be better spent outside playing tennis.The turmoil over potential pay cuts of […]

*** 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 […]