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Towerless Tribulations

Recently in my duties as an air traffic controller, I’ve noticed a trend: more than a few pilots struggle with non-towered airport procedures. Unfortunately, I’m not talking about a student pilot on his first-ever instrument flight. In that scenario, fumbles are expected.  Instead, I’m talking about pilots flying jets and turboprops who—I suspect—could be inexperienced […]

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Editor's Log

A Bit Of Excitement

I live close enough to a private runway that I walk by one end of it almost every day. So it was a few weeks ago when I encountered one of my neighbors hightailing it down the street on a single-seat ATV, pausing only long enough to share something about a crashed airplane at the far […]

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On the Air

On The Air March 2023

We had just received our handoff from SoCal Departure to LA Center after departing Palm Springs International in our Praetor 500. We hadn’t even had a chance to check in when we heard this exchange: N1AB: “… requesting direct destination.” LA Center: “Who… who was that?” N1AB: “N1AB requesting direct to our final destination.” LA […]

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