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With the recent government staffing cuts, there has been a need to indefinitely suspend them at three upper-air stations.

Aviation community uses the terms interchangeably, but the FAA says they are different.

In noncontrolled airspace where a radio is not required, pilots don’t need one at all.

Meteorologists use them instead of constant altitude charts for several reasons.

Controlling trigear airplanes on the ground is much easier than for taildraggers.

They are technically the same thing, but the latter is no longer approved phrasing.

Some who worked to reach 1,500 hours total time are finding it difficult to be hired by carriers.

It’s important to remember that true north and magnetic north are not the same.

FAA assigns the designation for facilities able to relieve congestion at a commercial service airport.

Ask the average person to explain the distinction between a watch and a warning, and you’ll find that a majority don’t know how.