Flight Safety

One of the advantages of flying from the Eastern Time zone to the Pacific is that when you get there it always seems early and you always have enough time for a good dinner.Our 6 p.m. arrival in SFO was really a 3 p.m. arrival by their left-coast standards, which left enough time for a […]

Nominate an FBO | Rules | Tips | Questions | Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to CROTTS AIRCRAFT at KDDC, Dodge City, Kansas. ALAN OCHS wrote in to tell us, “THE STAFF AT CROTTS AIRCRAFT ARE THE BEST. THEY ALWAYS GO THE EXTRA MILE TO KEEP PEOPLE FLYING. I HAVE SEEN […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, December 2004. IFR accidents typically fall into a few specific categories: Someone will get it wrong on climbout or approach, weather smites an unsuspecting pilot or a plane encounters something substantially more solid than a puffy cloud.Which makes the following accident interesting in what the pilot didn’t do. […]

I need a new phrase. The ones I know just don’t quite fit. There’s a growing trend in aviation — for both pilots and controllers — and it troubles me: We aren’t paying close attention. The “little things” seem to slip through the cracks more often than in the past.I’ll just talk it out and […]

Spending time in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport was once probably merely a vice, but over the years it has become a habit. This time it was a weekday evening. I had flown with a student and stuck around after he headed home because it was quiet and I’d run across something I […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules | Tips | Questions | Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT AUTHORITY at KMTV, Martinsville, VA. TED GULLIA wrote in to say, “FOR THE LAST 3-4 YEARS, I PLAN MY N-S TRIPS WITH A STOP AT MTV. ALTHOUGH I STOP 4-6 TIMES A YEAR (2-3 […]