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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 […]

NBAA 2002 Opens Amid New-Model Blitz and Buoyed Spirits It’s a year later, and many things have changed, including the return of confidence for business aviation. The 55th National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and Convention opened Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., and in his first report, AVweb’s Dave Higdon shows that things are almost back […]

Articles from Reno 2002: Complete AVweb Coverage Reno Rare Bear After waiting out IFR weather that stayed until the last possible moment, Sherry Ditmer leapt into the blue skies to visit the mighty Rare Bear racer, which was being prepared for the races at Reno. Leaving Stead, she found herself unable to resist a quick […]

Click any image to view a larger version. Biplanes line up on the runway prior to their qualifing round. The Biplanes along with the Formula 1 class fly early in the morning before the wind picks up An L-39 “Albatross” takes off for a flight around the plyons.Seven of these aircraft race at the same […]

Click any image to view a larger version. The mass balloon launch at the start of the race on Sunday. The cow balloon is milking the wind for all it’s worth. The P-51 “Merlin’s Magic” makes an arrival pass above the runway at Reno. Arriving aircraft are usually allowed a pass just like you see […]

  Aircraft Pilot Avg. Speed Unlimited Gold       1 Dago Red (4) Skip Holm 466.834 2 September Fury (232) Michael Brown 455.965 3 Voodoo (5) Matt Jackson 435.614 4 Risky Business Bill Rheinschild 414.498 5 Merlins Magic Stu Eberhardt 413.967 6 Spirit of Texas Stewart Dawson 400.966 7 Riff Raff Hoot Gibson 394.289 […]

  It was as though the air racing gods decided to make up for last year’s cancellation of the Reno Air Races by jamming as much into the 2002 race week as possible. Race fans saw records set in qualifying, favorites and front-runners knocked out in every imaginable way, new faces among the top Unlimiteds, […]