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Inside a big sky, little mistakes are easily masked before ATC calls a foul. But on the ground, the margin for error shrinks, and one slip across a hold-short line could ruin your day. Save that day by acing this quiz. Take the quiz. More Brainteasers

Weather, Class D, Class E – sheesh, someone’s trying to take the fun out of summertime flight. Knowing the airspace and weather-minimum rules might not make flight fun, but it will help you ace this quiz. (Contains results of the survey for the best plane and destination for a fantasy vacation!) Take the quiz. More […]

Where would you go on a perfect flying vacation, and how would you get there? Take the quiz. More Brainteasers

The shortest distance between two points sometimes involves more than a straight line. Whether VFR or IFR, aviation is loaded with angles, and without bending too many rules, see how you can work the answers to this quiz. (Includes results of the General Aviation Party’s primary election!) Take the quiz. More Brainteasers

Whether you’re a student anticipating your first solo, a commercial pilot upgrading to turbines or a presidential candidate lost in Iowa, this quiz will tax your ability to identify the truth. (Politicians will be graded on a curve.) Take the quiz. More Brainteasers

ATC does not treat IFR and VFR pilots equally, but VFR pilots can benefit from a grasp of IFR procedures. See how much you know about the dark art of instrument procedures by unraveling this quiz. Take the quiz. More Brainteasers

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” The FAA is on an unstoppable quest to achieve universality in aviation terminology. See if your answers are consistently correct in this quiz. Take the quiz. More Brainteasers

Investigators are treating an airplane crash on Monday as a murder-suicide. Eric Johnson, 47, of Bedford, Ind., a student pilot, rented a single-engine Cessna from his local airport, took his eight-year-old daughter, Emily, with him, and crashed into the roof of his ex-mother-in-law’s house. Nobody in the house was hurt. Johnson and his wife had […]

Eclipse Dumps The Williams Engine… In a development sure to send ripples through the emerging personal jet market, Eclipse Aviation announced yesterday that it will part company with its proposed engine supplier, Williams International, and it plans to name a new engine vendor in about two weeks. It’s no secret that Eclipse had encountered problems […]

Kmart Selling Jets They may not be “blue-light specials,” but you might be able to get a good deal anyway. Kmart Corp., which is restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has been trying to sell some of its business jets. It’s found a buyer for a 1999 Beechjet 400A. The company has asked the court […]