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Oh sure, pilots have the FARs and the AIM, and controllers have the 7110.65, to tell us what we must do and can’t do. But where do you go — besides AVweb — to find out how the ATC system really works out on the firing line — like VFR climbs and descents, approach gates […]

Klyde Morris was created by author Wes Oleszewski on February,13, 1978. Atthat time Wes was a freshman at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, andtwo days later the very first Klyde Morris cartoon strip appeared in the campusnewspaper, the Avion. Fortunately for the readers of Klyde Morris, butunfortunately for Wes, he was compelled to work his way […]

Welcome to AVweb‘sKlyde Morris gallery! ABrief History of Klyde Klyde’sWeb site AVwebwelcome page Click for larger image Klyde Morris is copyright 2000, by Wes Oleszewski. All rights reserved.

My lukewarm Diet Coke had lost all its bubbles, and my folding chair was getting to feel a little hard as I sat at East State Junior College and Aviation Academy. It was their career day and I was invited as an “expert witness” about airline careers. They had no idea what they were getting […]

Cessna is toast; Piper is roadkill; and Mooney? Fuggedabout it. The way A. Sandy Munro sees it, the established U.S. GA industry has a couple of years — a half-decade at best — to reform or face being gutted by the same people who dominate the auto industry, steel-making and machine tools: the Japanese. According […]

Pilots who love to ski often daydream about combining their passions. What could bemore alluring than flying to a fantastic ski resort within minutes of an airport? Stopdreaming and start planning because it is a reality and well within your range. However,before reading on, you must promise not to tell everyone at your home base […]

Several years ago here on AVweb I wrote an Eye of Experience column entitled “Eye of Experience #17: I Can’t Believe They Did That,” dealing with unusual events I witnessed over a 17-year career as a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). At that time, I promised more of these reflections of a DPE. Now it is […]

Hello again, class. This series of 300-level classes will be dealing with the structure of airspace. This particular article will be about airspace stratums. While most everyone is comfortable thinking in terms of lateral boundaries depicted by almost any chart, air traffic control must be thought of in three dimensions. Unfortunately, we are not all […]

WARNING: The techniques and procedures described in this column can definitely be hazardous to your health and life. I do not encourage anyone to fly at these altitudes unless they have experience in an altitude chamber, have AT LEAST the equipment described, and know the subject and their limitations thoroughly. Mountaineers call altitudes above 25,000 […]

The weather forecast all week has been consistent if nothing else – wrong 100 percent of the time. A thick layer of fog smothers Oakland like a ridiculous amount of Styrofoam pellets protecting a small package. Forces greater than the defense of wishful thinking demanded cancellation of our trip last weekend. As lunchtime approaches, the […]