Flight Safety

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to City of Wauchula at KCHN in Wauchula, Fla. AVweb reader Jerry Carbaugh said the personnel at the city-run facility focus on pleasing customers. “The folks running the FBO are great. They have the lowest fuel cost around and believe […]

This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, Dec. 2004. Pilots have many different phobias when it comes to flying personal airplanes. Some cringe at the thought of flying IFR over mountains, whether in a single or a twin. Others refuse to fly over large bodies of water, choosing to skirt Lake Michigan via the Gary/Chicago/Milwaukee […]

The Shell company recently published their Shell Aviation Tech Talk #15 (990 Kb Adobe PDF file) and distributed it to all pilots in Australia and New Zealand. I’m getting a lot of questions from readers there, and from graduates of our seminar.The bulk of the report is an excellent treatise on detonation and pre-ignition, well […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to St. Charles Flying Service at K3SQ in St. Charles, Mo. AVweb reader Nick Ruemker said the FBO helps to make flying fun again. “St. Charles Flying service is by far my favorite FBO I have experienced. The staff is […]

I always enjoy going to pilot retirement parties because they make me feel so young. Tonight’s party was no different. There was the retiree, Paul, who had just gotten off his last flight from Tokyo and was beginning to celebrate his newfound non-captain-ness. Others in the group included the ubiquitous happy family, old pilots who […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, Dec. 2005. What do you do when the controller who is vectoring you to the final approach fails to put you in the proper position?In the summer of 2004, a pilot flying a Piper Cherokee Six from Springfield, Ky., to Hot Springs/Memorial Field (KHOT) in Hot Springs, Ark., […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to DB Aviation at KUGN in Waukegan, Ill. AVweb reader David Stone said the facility’s staff literally gives him a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. “I am in and out of KUGN about four times a year, so the guys […]

Editor’s Note: This week we introduce a new columnist to AVweb readers. Thomas Turner is a NAFI Master CFI who also has a Master’s Degree in Aviation Safety. His monthly Leading Edge column will address pilot training and proficiency issues culled from his extensive experience as a flight instructor. Congratulations! You’ve just earned your first […]

You may think it’s the wrong time of year to write about thunderstorms but that is what I’ve chosen to write about. My reasoning is that there is much to learn — and much I can’t teach you. I’m going to talk about various things but my goal is to get you to do some […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Taylor Aviation of Elizabethtown at KEYF in Elizabethtown, N.C. AVweb reader Eddie Smith said the FBO is a shining example of Southern hospitality. “Oscar and Mitch Taylor go beyond the required service. They have Paymaster self-service pumps, but are […]