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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 […]

TSA Extends Deadline For 12-5 Rule In a notice published in the Federal Register, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) formally moved the 12-5 Standard Security Program implementation date to February 1, 2003. Previously, operators had been told that compliance was required no later than December 1, 2002. The notice explains that obstacles faced by small […]

Bruce Bohannon was born June 21, 1958, in Alvin, Texas. He grew up next to a duster strip, began working there to pay for flying lessons, and by age 18 he was flying Ag Cats. He began flying aerobatics, then teaching aerobatics, then flew competitive aerobatics. When Bruce found the judging too subjective, he switched […]