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Sometimes when we are stressed we forget to think before we key the mike. This actually happened after the oil line blew. N1234: Manchester (N.H.) tower Cherokee 1234 is five miles northwest with a total engine failure. MHT (Using that standard FAA terminology): What are your intentions? N1234: I intend to land! MHT (With that […]

This week, we would like to know your thoughts on the new TSA rule regarding airmen certificates. For AVweb’s Question of the Week, click here. PREVIOUS RESULTS We received over 600 responses to our question last week on personal jet aircraft. The majority (43 percent) of our respondents felt that these types of airplanes are […]

AVweb’s John Deakin has been studying, testing, and teaching about piston engines for a long time. This list is a collection of all his Pelican’s Perch columns related to piston engines. Pelican’s Perch #7:Run That Fuel Tank Dry! Pelican’s Perch #8:Go Ahead, Abuse Your Engine! Pelican’s Perch #15:Manifold Pressure Sucks! Pelican’s Perch #16:Those Marvelous Props […]

New Rule Gives TSA Power Over Pilots Regarding Newswire from January 27, 2003:The Gestapo isn’t dead … it’s now known as the TSA. In the name of “security” we are now living in a dictatorship. Management is determined to protect their position by creating this dictatorial process with no appeal.Herbert Yuttal New Rule Gives TSA […]

It was about eleven at night when I pulled into Signature’s ramp at Baltimore. It had been one of those weeks in the check-hauling business; I’d battled a fair amount of poor weather all week, though in this instance it had been the low-ceiling-and-visibility variety more than the thunderstorm or icing types, which is what […]

AVweb’s Question of the Week — Personal Jet Aircraft I look at personal jets like I do the concept of personal helicopters (“One in every driveway”): The biggest hazzard to flying since the introduction of the surface-to-air missile. Davis Newman Great Flying, Hawaiian Style I was a bit upset by your reference in the story […]

From time to time it happens that several of the flight instructors here at the virtual airport wind up in the pilot’s lounge talking about all manner of things aeronautical. When that I happens, I may delay my drive home because the exchange is usually on a higher plane (sorry) than the usual “There I […]

More from our How big is it? file… On a pleasant spring morning at the Ohio State University’s Don Scott airport, with many students doing the required bounce-and-goes on 27L and 27R, I was cleared to taxi to the less active 32: C-172: Holding short 32 awaiting release. Twr: Student C-150 departing 27L. Position and […]

This week, we would like to know your thoughts on personal jet aircraft. For AVweb’s Question of the Week, click here. PREVIOUS RESULTS We received over 1000 responses to our question last week on airport curfews. The majority (54) percent of our respondents feel that curfews do nothing but disrupt vital air traffic and if […]

ADS-B and Aircraft Separation With reference to your ADS-B story, controllers maintain 3 miles separation whether it is VFR or IFR. This is the separation standard for non-heavy aircraft. A heavy aircraft behind a heavy aircraft requires 4 miles separation, VFR or IFR. The difference between VFR and IFR is that during specific VFR conditions […]