Flight Safety

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Specialty Flight Training at KBDU in Boulder, Colorado. AVweb reader David W. Douglas praises the Specialty Flight team for stepping up to the plate when he arrived late on a Friday afternoon: I … needed to hanger my Cirrus […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Montgomery County Aviation at KLOM’s Wings Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AVweb reader Brett Justus recommended the FBO, telling us that “‘Brotherly Service’ is abundant at this FBO”: I received exceptional service all the way around. Most notably, though, I […]

Overhead, the massive, wide-chord blades begin rotating. Behind me the whine of the turbine builds as Walt Plentis goes through the start sequence and the 1800 horses of the Lycoming T53 collectively ask if we know what we’re doing, if we really want to wake them up to power a two-place aircraft. Walt assures them […]

This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, Oct. 2005. Having the talent and skill to fly an airplane pretty much when and where we want doesn’t mean we should. Any number of factors may, from time to time, argue against making a trip or completing one. Weather, terrain, mechanical shortcomings, time of day and/or some […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Monaco Air at Duluth International Airport (KDLH) in Duluth, Minnesota. AVweb reader Armand Bendersky recommended the FBO for its friendliness and careful preparations, calling Monaco “a first-class operation with first-class folks”: [W]hen I told Holly were we were staying, […]

[Editor’s Note: Recently two flight instructors wrote a book on how to use Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) to enhance pilot training and to provide sim-only pilots a guide to making their flying more realistic. AVweb is reprinting several chapters from this book, the first of which was Chapter 13 — Weather. To download the […]

It was a nice, sunny day at home. A day off with great weather can be a rarity where I live and I intended to enjoy it to the full. My neighbor and fellow pilot, Chad, and I had one appointment to attend to before we headed out to play tennis. Apparently, there is such […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Antrim County Airport at KACB in Bellaire, Michigan. AVweb reader Stan Prevost flies into KACB several times a year, and he tells us it’s always a pleasant experience, accompanied by a warm welcome. Here’s how Stan was greeted on […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, Dec. 2006. It’s not too difficult to understand the theory of the ILS approach. The pilot is required to fly a horizontal radio beam while referring to a cockpit indicator that tells him whether he is left or right of the course. At the same time he must […]

A highly successful manufacturer of personal airplanes displayed a big banner at AirVenture last summer that read, “Life without flight delays or cancellations.” Obviously this company was marketing to people who fly for business or long-distance personal transportation. Since I travel frequently by airline to train pilots fortunate enough to own their own airplane, the […]