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Hijack Transponder Rule Panned No doubt these hijack transponders will find tremendous utility in the Mooney Mite and the single seat Pitts Special!David Abrams This article states “The agency has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would require the replacement of virtually all existing transponders in GA aircraft with models that have a […]

The “Wright” Stuff … And A Kiwi’s Accomplishments Are Still Remembered In the early Kiwi airplane piece in your March 20 issue, your writer shifts time frames without explanation. The result appears to imply that the 1903 Wright (Kitty Hawk) Flyer benefitted from a catapult launch. It didn’t. The 1903 Flyer made its total of […]

It was, as I recall, a Sunday afternoon. The weather was superb and we were in the middle of Nigel’s semi-annual half day of recurrent training. He was, as usual, right on altitude, heading and speed, and way ahead of the airplane even though I’d covered instruments and he was doing it all partial panel. […]

More from our If Only file… The comm radio failed again while practicing instrument approaches. After restoring communications… Cessna 12345: “Approach, Cessna 12345 is going to break off the approach, procede VFR to (uncontrolled home field), and kick this radio down the stairwell.” Controller, “Cessna 12345, approved, squawk VFR. After a short pause, “Will that […]

This week, we would like to know your thoughts on the new Airport Watch program. For AVweb’s Question of the Week, click here. PREVIOUS RESULTS We received over 700 responses to our question last week on War’s Effects On General Aviation. Almost half (42 percent) of those responding felt a war with Iraq would definitely […]

Honda’s New Engine I just read the news on the teaming of Honda and TCM for a piston engine. What great news to have Honda enter this market. I was looking for a place to send encouragement to Honda/TCM to sell a non-certified version of this new engine for experimental aircraft builders. We really need […]

AVweb had decided to Profile Col. Joe Kittinger long before current headlines had developed. But his trailblazing research on emergency escape and survival procedures for astronauts gives him a unique perspective on the Columbia disaster, and his 11 months in the Hanoi Hilton remind us what American pilots might face in the skies over Iraq. […]

Imagine a post-9/11 world filled with F16s, Blackhawk helicopters, surface-to-air missiles, AWACs, ADIZs, TFRs, FRZs, and other airspaces people haven’t even figured out yet.Imagine being cleared to fly through all that with ‘nary a care in the world.Now imagine preserving your freedom to travel through this airspace through numerous, ambiguous, ambivalent, and overlapping jurisdictions of […]

PREFLIGHT PERSONAL DOCUMENTATION AIRCRAFT DOCUMENTATION DEPARTURE ARRIVAL RETURN FLIGHT Print a printer-friendly version of this checklist to take with you.

1. VFR “over the top” flight is permitted under the OTT (Over The Top) visual flight rules, which also requires a separate rating on Canadian pilot certificates if they are not already IFR rated (or have been in the past). U.S. pilots who do not have an instrument rating should not expect to be able […]