Flight Safety

The company had issued a call, asking that employees bring in ancient artifacts of an airline gone by — ours. The company’s museum was expanding. Now that we were almost out of bankruptcy it was time to start spending money irresponsibly again before we forgot how.The museum is a wonderful place, situated in a corner […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, Mar. 2006. Sometimes as the day grows longer we may become impatient to get home. If we are in an automobile and forget to close a door or discover a fault related to maintenance that was just completed, we can pull over and fix the problem or return […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Atlas Aviation at KTPF in Tampa, Fla. AVweb reader Armand Bendersky says the FBO went above and beyond. “I contacted them before flying to Sun ‘n Fun, and they were friendly on the phone and went above and beyond […]

Many years ago I flew a turbocharged Beech Bonanza from Wichita, Kan., to Springfield, Mo., and return. The roughly one-hour flight to Springfield was uneventful above a building base of puffy cumulus clouds. I dropped off a passenger at his airplane, the mission for our flight, and took off again for home.On departure the skies […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Augusta Aviation at KDNL in Augusta, Ga. AVweb readers Jim and Karen Lindemulder says the FBO owners went out of their way to help them. “Good Friday evening our Skylane experienced multiple instrument failures while flying over Georgia. Control […]

A while back I was sitting in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport wondering what the phrase “sit back and relax” means and why in the world the airlines keep saying it to me when I’m jammed into a seat designed for an eight-year-old. My reverie was disturbed when Tom, a thirty-something businessman, walked […]

Each month, AVweb publishes about a half-dozen columns on a range of aviation topics. If we do things right, these simply appear on the site, for all to read free of charge. What’s less obvious is the behind-the-scenes work and thought that goes into these columns. That’s another way of saying producing a monthly column […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Bergstrom Aircraft at KPSC in Pasco, Wash. AVweb reader Richard Ciccone says the FBO blends old-fashioned service with modern facilities. “It’s easy to see why Bergstom Aircraft has been Central Washington’s foremost full service FBO for 35 years. They […]

This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, Feb. 2005. The NTSB has several (too many, actually …) categories it uses to classify aviation incidents and accidents. Among them is the catch-all phrase “improper IFR,” which the Board usually uses to describe a pilot executing procedures you won’t find in the Aeronautical Information Manual. But there […]

This article originally appeared in IFR magazine, Jan. 2005. Gather ’round, boys and girls. It’s time for your annual smug fix, wherein we harvest the perplexing and peculiar from a year’s worth of NTSB accident reports.For the new folks who haven’t trod this well-worn path with us before, a bit of preamble. None of these […]