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ATC Training Issue This radio exchange actually took place between a Cessna 172 (with an instrument student and instructor on board) and a Class C ATC controller in the Midwest. One day prior, the instructor contacted the tower by phone to determine the best time that workload would allow controllers to perform an Airport Surveillance […]

Garmin Keeping GPS Costly I currently own a Garmin GPSMAP 196. Recently Garmin announced the introduction of the new GPSMAP 296, which is basically a color version of the 196 plus terrain info. Very neat looking.Prior to the 296, Garmin’s pricing practice was to limit what price its venders could “advertise” a product for. Regardless […]

Sport Pilot As a conscientious pilot who always self-certifies myself before taking the controls and who has had a recent biennial flight review, I will be able to fly with the Sport Pilot License. Those of us who love aviation would not intentionally do anything to give it a bad name.Name withheld by request Responding […]

Sport Pilot Delays? Just Forget It … I guess there’s been another delay in Sport Pilot (NewsWire, Mar. 29). It started as the UL rules. People wanted to do more. They wanted an aviation for the middle class. The FAA didn’t. Essentially, when the FAA could wrap Sport Aviation in rules that would preserve the […]

Wright Flyer Did Fly Come on you guys. In contrast to what you wrote (NewsWire, Mar. 22), the Wright Experience/EAA Wright Flyer flew successfully twice at Kitty Hawk — once in late November, and on December 3 by Kevin Kochersberger. See EAA Sport Aviation, page 32, for four pictures in sequence.Scott Crossfield AVweb Replies Of […]

De-Ice Rebuttal I have managed the Atlantic Aviation facility at Midway since 1992. In that time, this operation has gained an industry-recognized reputation of providing exceptional customer service on a consistent basis. We haven’t accomplished this by being so narrow-minded and short-sighted as this one-sided article tends to indicate. Many of my good friends are […]

Sport Pilot Should Cover C152 I lost my third-class medical 26 years ago because of undergoing open heart surgey. After eight years I got a waiver and passed. I lost eight years of PIC. I belonged to a flying club and over the past 40 years we have had about 200 different members.Many lost their […]

No-Fly Zones AVweb wrote (NewsWire, Mar. 1): On Feb. 11, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) proposed the bill (H.R. 3798 that would require the DHS to establish no-fly zones around nuclear plants and chemical facilities for the duration of any high threat levels, including level orange or above. The zones could also be implemented anywhere […]

Killing the Commanche In a typical Army mentality, the system that wants to “restructure and revitalize Army aviation to meet current and future needs” killed the one avenue it had to do exactly that. As a retired Army pilot, I have watched for years as this branch of military service seemingly anti-aviation, makes all the […]

Presidential TFRs Enough is enough. For the fourth time in the last five months, I have been personally affected by the Presidential TFRs. When are the NSA and Homeland Security going to realize that my Cessna 177 offers very little risk to the president? I have flown to New Smyrna Beach, Fla., for the Daytona […]