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Bert Driehuis: Airbus InvestigationThe discussion about the AA crash over Queens seems to be giving rise to a debate that has more to do with geopolitics than with safety. Airlines are not generally known for wanting to invest in instrumentation (BA is the exception that springs to mind). We can discuss scenarios where pilots applied […]

Ryan Mactaggart: Prop Spinner ProblemsI work for an aviation college in Canada that operates 4 C172s. In the last year we have had 3 spinners crack, of which one completely failed during a run up. The failure and cracks occured on the spinner back plate, a very hard place to inspect on a walk around. […]

Vince Czaplyski: Wellstone CrashRegarding the following news piece in the most recent issue, am I missing something? Conry went to a federal prison camp for more than a year beginning in 1990 for 14 counts of mail fraud. In April of 2001, he truthfully answered the question on Executive Aviation’s application form inquiring whether he […]

This week in my Area at Atlanta Center (ZTL) the main long-range radar site was out for maintenance. Yes it was Maiden, but we don’t have enough time to discuss that problem. We’ve got bigger fish to fry. So, without any chit-chat, let’s get busy. Some of you may be familiar with non-radar operations. The […]

According to Garrison Keillor, Lake Woebegone always has quiet weeks. That isn’t the case here in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. We have been known to have some pretty raucous moments; particularly if Old Hack and a couple of other folks show up at the […]

Elise Ransdell: Wellstone CrashI must politely disagree with Mr. Whitehead in his letter to the editor on the 28 of Oct 2002. I believe it is important to mention that Senator Wellstone was “one of the Senate’s leading liberals.” Anytime a well-known figure is killed in an airplane crash it certainly is important in an […]

This week we would like to know about your flying currency.For AVweb’s Question of the Week, click here.Previous ResultsWe received over 500 responses to our question last week on Performance Data. Over half (55 percent) of our respondents felt that the information provided in GA aircraft Pilot Operating Handbooks is adequate to safely fly the […]

In 1958 Bill Kershner was a student looking for a project to blend his interests in aeronautical engineering and journalism. He took a look at the Civil Air Manual 105, decided it was poorly written, and decided to write his Student Pilot’s Flight Manual. It’s now in its ninth edition with over 800,000 copies sold. […]

When I was first recruited by AVweb to write a column coming fresh off my FLYING magazine column dealing with flight testing called “The Eye of the Examiner,” I was given the freedom to write whatever strikes my fancy (so long as it is in reasonably good taste). At that time, I informed the readers […]

This seems to be the month that I’m destined to “ride the rails” as a jumpseat squatter. First, I had to sit on the rather small jumpseat of a rather small airliner, and now I find myself ensconced on a 767 jumpseat, traveling back from Hawaii to the real world. My two cockpit buddies for […]