Flight Planning

I was picking up my Cherokee 160 at the Charlotte County (Florida) airport after IFR/weight-and-balance certifications. As I was preparing to taxi out, I heard another pilot report there was a turtle that was “taxiing” toward runway 22. Not too long after this report, I heard yet another taxiing pilot ask the question, “What type […]

Back near Christmas of 1979, I was on my first solo ferry flight to Europe in a Cessna 206. I was filed from Bangor, Maine, direct to Shannon, Ireland, to negate the need for the required inspection in Moncton for single-engine crossings. I passed a position report mid-Atlantic through a passing airliner on 121.5. After […]

SocialFlight is showing fly-ins and aviation gatherings in almost every state this weekend, with some venues not waiting until Saturday to host aviators. On Friday, May 2, at Tri-Cities Airport, Pasco, Wash., Bergstrom Aircraft is holding its annual Cinco De Mayo Potluck Lunch. It runs from noon to 1:00 p.m.; bring a side dish or […]

When approaching (and departing) an airport, I turn on my strobes and landing light to be more easily seen by others. Several weeks ago, I was about five miles south of the field when a Bonanza pilot came on CTAS to announce his take-off and departure. Bonanza:“Bonanza 12345 taking runway 30 for take-off with a […]

As much as we drill instrument students on any of the 10 items from FAR 91.175 (c) you must see to go below DA/MDA, in the real world if we see anything that might be part of the runway, we land on it. Its nearly certain that youll first see the approach lighting system (ALS), […]

Over the North Pacific in the middle of the night, we were catching up to a slower aircraft below us as we were coming up to a position-report waypoint. We listened out on the HF, and it was a MAC flight. He was obviously listening out as we gave our position report, and, shortly after, […]

The Federal Aviation Administration has released the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 Notice to Airmen (NOTAM – PDF), featuring arrival and departure procedures for the Experimental Aircraft Associations 62nd annual fly-in convention July 28-Aug. 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The NOTAM, which is in effect July 25-Aug. 4, outlines procedures for the many types […]

ADS-B is now installed nationwide, the FAA said on Monday, although services won’t be available at all air traffic facilities until 2019. “The installation of this radio network clears the way for air traffic controllers to begin using ADS-B to separate equipped aircraft nationwide,” said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta in a statement. “It will also […]

Years ago, working in the Delta radio shop, I had a VHF receiver tuned to an ATL tower frequency. Tower had an Eastern DC-9 go around twice. The second time, the DC-9 responded: “We can do this all afternoon if you like, but in a little while we are going to have to land and […]

The European Aviation Safety Agency is moving quickly on aircraft certification reform, and the the FAA is falling behind. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli spoke with GAMA President Pete Bunce at Aero Friedrichshafen. Duration: 7:13 File Size: 6.0 MB download here