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I‘m sure that I’m not alone. All of us, at one time or another, do something stupid. There are no doubt a great many dumb things that I’ve managed to do in my more than seven decades of life, but as an aviator, two particularly stupid and dangerous events stand out. Towing the Line Several […]

Eye of Experience#63:Confession Time – (Articles – Feb 12, 2003) Admit it: You’ve done some stupid things while flying, haven’t you? We all have, and it is always better to learn from someone else’s stupid mistakes than to make even more of our own. AVweb’s Howard Fried has told us about a lot of things […]

Yes friends, it’s that time again. I just had another “tape talk” so now it’s your turn. I was less than pleased with mine, so I have some work to do. So do you.To bring a little order to the process I thought I’d make a “Top Ten” list of things we should do for […]

“It’s just something they seem to have in their blood; I think they’re born with it.” Spend time around people who love to fly and no doubt you will hear this conclusion voiced often by the people closest to them.It would seem almost unfitting for a young boy to not have an early interest in […]

In the late 80’s, I attended Daniel Webster College for my Aviation Management/Flight Operations Degree. At the time there were several AF ROTC candidates on campus and the usual amount of paraphernalia that accompanies their recruitment. While visiting a friend, an ROTC candidate, in his on-campus townhouse, I had to use his “facilities.” To my […]

This week, we would like to know your thoughts on CFI applicant requirements. For AVweb’s Question of the Week, click here. PREVIOUS RESULTS We received over 600 responses to our question last week on the TSA’s new rule regarding the revocation of airmen certificates. Nearly half (46 percent) of those responding felt the TSA continues […]

Shuttle Columbia And Crew Lost Perhaps the loss of Columbia is most startling because of the years of uneventful Shuttle flights since Challenger; over 80 of them, resulting in a “ho-hum” public attitude toward the program. The stark reality is that nothing is without risk, and all of the fine people on board and on […]

Shuttle Columbia And Crew Lost On a quiet Saturday morning, the very first day of February, 2003, a Texas weather radar scans the skies, looking for trouble but finding only clear and undisturbed atmosphere. Quite by chance, its probing rays chronicle the most alarming event of this young year, and etch into history what is […]

My thanks to those who are patiently (and not) putting up with the many problems on AVweb for the past couple months. The new owners changed servers, changed a lot of the software, and more changes are coming. The system is extremely slow, at least for some, and the messages section where readers respond has […]

New Rule Gives TSA Power Over Pilots Regarding Newswire from January 27, 2003:What a joke the new rule is that allows the TSA to pull your pilot’s license if you are a suspected terrorist. I feel much better now, as that means a terrorist is going to say, “Oh no, now I can’t fly into […]