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Taking towers out of FAAs hands constitutes a step in the wrong direction

When the engines out, IMC complicates the problem of getting down safely, but it can be done with a little preparation

Engine start should be such a simple thing. Why then do so many pilots scramble to get the prop turning?

Spoiled by the accuracy of GPS, some pilots forget that VORs have a number of places where errors can build up

Mechanics and owners still appear to take shortcuts in inspecting Janitrol heaters

Who needs em? The overhead or modified overhead offers some relief from boredom, but also sharpens emergency landing skills

Snow only keeps wimps on the ground, right? Maybe, but maybe not. It depends on where youre going

Long layoff from instrument flying turns experienced pilots skills to rust and brings the end in a graveyard

The FAA has conducted a study among pilots to determine how they use Flight Service Stations. The agency also hopes to determine what we like and don’t like about the FSS. Bottom line: the FAA is looking for reasons, or even cover, to radically change the FSS, or even eliminate it. The FAA’s reason for […]

I am writing today regarding the Notam Mania article [Airmanship, September] that discussed flight restrictions. The Bureau of Land Management has been the only government agency to graphically plot all TFRs since July 2001 – and still is the only one doing it. See http://airspace.blm.gov.

The key word here is ALL. Duats, the prototype FAA website and the NTAP FAA page at do not map all TFRs. As a matter of fact they can leave a large volume unmapped. The AOPA site refers you to ours to get information on wildfires.

The Duats system is nice, but still does not plot all the TFRs. It leaves out the stadiums and the nuclear facilities…