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George F. “Rick” Adam Jr. was born June 29, 1946, in Pasadena, Calif. His father, a career Air Force officer, flew B-17s and -29s in World War II. Rick grew up on Air Force bases and wanted to follow his father into the cockpit, but a color vision deficiency kept him out of Colorado Springs. […]

Noise Troubles In Brussels Belgium The US isn’t the only country to suffer from unreasonable noise restrictions.First, a little background if you’re not familar with Belgium:The country is split right down the middle between Dutch and French speaking people. Brussels is right in the middle of this split and has some combination of the two, […]

This month, once again, I find myself firmly ensconced in a seat at the back of a Holiday Inn bar. Unfortunately, drinking more than one or two beers tonight isn’t an option. Since I am facing my equipment oral in two short days, I have to limit myself to only a few frothy brews.Others are […]

More from our “Flying IS fun” file… I took my cousin for a plane ride a few years ago. After an hour, we headed back to DuPage airport. The last 10 minutes of the flight were quiet, with almost no conversation. About six miles out, I keyed the mic and opened my mouth to contact […]

This week, we would like to know your thoughts on airport curfews. For AVweb’s Question of the Week, click here. PREVIOUS RESULTS We received over 1000 responses to our question last week on GA airport security. So far, the majority (88 percent) of our respondents feel that no additional security measures need be implemented at […]

Blue Ribbon Report on Airtanker Safety Just wondering where Mr. Juan Browne (AVmail Jan. 13) got his information. First off, the PB4Y may still yet fly again, pending the release of the official NTSB report. I am a captain on the PB4Y and believe that it is safe and I would fly it again, and […]

My two previous columns on the subject of attitude dealt with the hazardous attitudes within ourselves that have been identified by the friendly feds. This time we’ll be discussing the attitude of the flying machine itself as it makes its way through the air.What’s wrong with attitude instrument flying? In a word, nothing! That is, […]

Blue Ribbon Report on Airtanker Safety The videotaped catastrophic failure of two airtankers last summer dramatically highlighted an industry long in need of reform. The recent Blue Ribbon Panel Report on Airtanker Safety did an excellent job of listening to and reporting on the concerns of many within the industry. The resultant USFS permanent grounding […]

More from our “How they handle the stress” file… Part of the passenger arrival briefing from the lone flight attendant on a United Express O’Hare-to-Memphis flight. “Please remove all personal items from the aircraft. Any items left on board can be found at my yard sale next Sunday.”

Sun’n Fun Dates Your news story on the Pre-Sun ‘n Fun Races Set is in error. The race is not early. The published fly-in date for `03 is April 2nd through April 8th. The race is during the fly-in. They published the new fly-in format at last year’s event (no longer Sat.-Sun.).Thanks for the great […]