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A while back, a controller at RDU International spoke in a robotic Cylon voice, using all official phraseology including “tree” and “fife” for “3” and “5.” We though he was trying to show everyone up and be a model of correctness. One night, I was practicing instrument approaches with a safety pilot, and that controller […]
Still the only production four-seat or side-by-side, conventional gear airplanes being built in the U.S., Maules have been attracting owners who march to a slightly different beat for over 50 years. In general, the Maule airplanes are easy and forgiving to fly when in the air, yet not so much on the ground—the runway loss […]
Honda Aircraft has confirmed the first type conforming HondaJet flight test aircraft left the runway at Tulsa International Airport Thursday after blowing a tire.NewsOn6 reportedthat witnesses said a tire blew and that the aircraft ended up on the grass beside a main runway. The aircraft was identified as N-420HJ, the first aircraft to fly (Dec. […]
Airline cockpit systems can’t be safely rendered tamper-proof to prevent crews from sabotaging flights, the FAA told the National Transportation Safety Board in a letter obtained by Bloomberg News. The recent Germanwings crash in Europe, found to have been premeditated by the co-pilot, and the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 last year has prompted a […]
As summer arrives and the days get longer, pilots may let their guard down when it comes to weather. Icing and large hail may certainly be less of a factor during the balmy dog days, but the June, 1999 American MD-80 runway excursion and the Delta L-1011 crash in August 1985 are some of the […]
Four students are at the Glasair factory in Arlington, Washington, this week helping to build a Sportsman, as their reward for winning the third GAMA/Build A Plane Design Challenge. The Chef Homeschoolers team from Cuba City, Wisconsin, won the trip in a nationwide competition that aims to develop their skills in science, math, engineering and […]
If ever we need a king in this country and someone put me in charge, somewhere on my to-do list would be getting rid of FAR 91.119. OK, so I wouldn’t eliminate it, but I’d amend it so that people would just worry about it less. I’ve been in more discussions than I care to […]
The FAA kicked off a national general-aviation safety campaign on Saturday, encouraging GA pilots to install and use angle-of-attack indicators in their aircraft. Loss of control is the number-one cause of GA accidents. Angle-of-attack indicators can help to prevent some of these accidents, the FAA said, by making it easier for a pilot to recognize […]
On approach last week to an Eastern North Carolina airport, we heard a Piper J-3 announce:“Taking off on runway 23.” Followed shortly afterward by:“Headed toward the coast.” We then asked:“East or West Coast?” Robert Schellenberg
“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits. Fanatics will never learn that, though it be written in letters of gold across the sky. It is the prohibition that makes anything precious.” Mark Twain The month of May brought some good news to those who care about aviation, users of airports and the value of […]
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