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New AVweb FormatJust wanted to take a moment to compliment AVweb on an outstanding Internet service. I’ve been a subscriber since the beginning and have enjoyed every edition of AVflash and the great web page. The new improvements make the service more invaluable than ever. Keep up the great work!Brian Buckstiegel New AVweb FormatAfter being […]

A Higher Calling Thank you for mentioning the great organizations that have pilots donating their time to kids and others that have medical conditions. My daughter was 6 years old when she was diagnosed with cancer. She always loved to go flying with me, but it was more special now. It would take her away […]

Pilots Say The FAA Is Getting BetterDoes anyone really expect anything to improve at FAA? Has anything improved over the past 4-1/2 decades within this increasingly bloated tax-gobbling group? Nay, only the bureaucracy has increased with each new Administrator. New Administrator Blakey is just another example of increase-the-bureaucracy only for the sake of preserving the […]

Steve McDonald: Pilots Say The FAA Is Getting Better Does anyone really expect anything to improve at FAA? Has anything improved over the past 4-1/2 decades within this increasingly bloated tax-gobbling group? Nay, only the bureaucracy has increased with each new Administrator. New Administrator Blakey is just another example of increase-the-bureaucracy only for the sake […]

Joe Preston: Security Bill Fought In New JerseyI would like to inform you that your comments on NJ drivers licenses is not quite correct. NJ has an option of getting your drivers license with a picture or without. I have mine with a picture as do most of my flying acquaintances. Mike Muetzel: Cessna Firewall […]

Blakey Fills Her CabinetIn today’s AVweb news the article about Marion Blakey’s top appointments was very misleading. The article makes it sound like the new administrator is making her selections for the top FAA slots from the commercial world, when in fact they may have once worked for hard money but are all actually swapping […]

Benton Jackson: Airbus InvestigationI think calling it “pilot error” might not be entirely accurate, even if pilot reactions to wake turbulence cause the accident. I’ve heard through various sources that many pilots are now being trained to use the rudder for upset recovery in addition to aileron. Pilots are also taught that full control deflection […]

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 […]