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Over the past two weeks the topic of discussion in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport has been preserving and restoring our aviation treasures. It evolved from conversation regarding the staggering sums spent to restore individual airplanes with historic significance, into the surprising lack of interest in the airports, buildings and structures that figured […]
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This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, June 2004. When we’re not accustomed to operating in high-density areas, flying into a busy terminal in a single or light twin can be unnerving. It’s busy airspace, and everyone expects a certain level of proficiency. Planning ahead and refusing to be intimidated into doing something with which […]
For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav,based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes are relative to last week. For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav,based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes are relative […]
For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav,based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes are relative to last week. For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav,based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes are relative […]
Summer is always a cornucopia of weather delays, hot cockpits and long duty periods. If you add in the occasional terrorist scare, you can spend quite a bit of time at the airport or in the airplane.You usually smell and feel pretty good while doing this, but with yesterday’s confiscation of my crew’s deodorant, toothpaste […]
CEO of the Cockpit #61: There’s No Trying to Reason With the Terrorist Season – (Aug. 27, 2006)Do you want to see the captain of your airline flight walk through security in stocking feet with his “air marshal” government-approved gun in a clear plastic bag? AVweb’s CEO of the Cockpit just wants to keep his […]
For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav,based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes are relative to last week. For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav,based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes are relative […]
For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav,based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes are relative to last week. For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav,based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes are relative […]
This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, March 2005. The ceiling was only 300 feet AGL, which was more than 100 feet below the published minimums for the approach. Visibility was marginal at 2-1/2 miles in mist, but it was a dark winter night and the temperature and dew point had already converged at zero […]
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