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They all know you’d rather not jump out of a perfectly good airplane. But here’s how to avoid an encounter between skydivers and your perfectly good airplane.If you fly much, you’ve certainly heard this radio call: “One minute to skydivers away over Zephyrhills … use caution, 13,500 feet and below … one minute to skydivers […]

I am having trouble believing that the 727 is ancient history, I said to my tennis-club bartender.”What is a 727 and why are you sitting at my bar if all you are going to drink is Diet Coke?” asked Fred. Fred has been the bartender at my tennis club for over 10 years, and this […]

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 […]

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Once again it’s time for me to take a trip down the road to unpopularity and write an article about a subject we’d rather not talk about. I never have been able to leave well enough alone. It’s probably the reason I don’t get invited to dinner more often than I do. I like to […]

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 […]

I’m pleased to announce that — after decades of prodding — I have written a book. It is a compendium of some of my writings on Compuserve’s AVSIG Forum for well over 20 years, some of the AVweb tales in my columns, and others, old and new (see sidebar to the right).There is a second […]

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 […]