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THE PILOT'S LOUNGE

The Pilot's Lounge #129: Landings -- Watching The Really Good Pilots (August 11, 2008)

The Pilot's Lounge #128: Oshkosh Arrival -- Let's Stay Alive This Year (July 14, 2008)

The Pilot's Lounge #127: Unfairly Maligned Airplanes (June 16, 2008)

The Pilot's Lounge #126: The Less-Than-Great Planes (May 19, 2008)

The Pilot's Lounge #125: To Abort; Perchance To Live (April 21, 2008)

The Pilot's Lounge #124: An Airplane With A Personality? Let's Not Be Silly (March 24, 2008)

The Pilot's Lounge #123: A Special Airplane From Special People (February 25, 2008)

The Pilot's Lounge #122: We Worry About the Wrong Things, and It's Killing Us (January 28, 2008)

The Pilot's Lounge #121: The Big Silence After Takeoff (December 31, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #120: Cobra (December 3, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #119: Sunshine, Round Engines, Tailwheels ... Life Is Good (November 5, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #118: Passing Along A Love For Aviation (October 8, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #117: Playing "Let's Pretend" For Keeps (September 10, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #116: Getting Back More Than You Give (August 13, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #115: The Loneliness of a Town Without An Airport (July 16, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #114: The FSS Mess, Privatization and the Lack of Personal Responsibility (June 18, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #113: Real-World Aviating 101 (Lab Required) (May 21, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #112: Fire Your Instructor (April 23, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #111: The Door to Adventure (March 25, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #110: Bad News Coming? Refuse Delivery (February 25, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #109: Please, FAA, Return to Reality on Flying In Ice (January 28, 2007)

The Pilot's Lounge #108: For 2007 -- Would You Fly In The Backseat With You? (December 31, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #107: Penny Foolish, Pound Stupid (December 3, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #106: Why Do Smart People Bend Airplanes? (November 5, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #105: Flying In To AirVenture -- It's Time To Slap Around The Bozos (October 8, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #104: Preserving Our Aviation Treasures And Heritage (September 5, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #103: The FAA As Customer -- Good Business?  (August 13, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #102: The Last 10 Feet (July 16, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #101: Balloonatics (June 18, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #100: Truth -- And Some Opinion (May 21, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #99: Turn Back? You Bet!  (April 23, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #98: Quit Flying? Are You Nuts? (March 26, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #97: Precautionary Landings (February 19, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #96: Bureaucrats Or Radium Dials -- Which Poses A Greater Danger? (January 22, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #95: Amazing! There Are TFRs That Make Sense (December 25, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #94: It's The Medium, Manfred (November 27, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #93: Pilgrimages (October 30, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #92: Hey, FEMA! GA Is An Asset ... Use Us (October 2, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #91: To Fly; Perchance To Starve (September 4, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #90: State Aeronautics Commissions -- Fiddling While Airports Disappear? (August 7, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #89: How We Scare Our Passengers Without Realizing It (July 10, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #88: The Air Care Alliance -- Helping Those Who Fly to Help Others (June 12, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #87: Etiquette Isn't Just Raising Our Pinkies (May 11, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #86: Oh %$#@! -- I Think I Just Busted A Reg (April 17, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #85: Some Blunt Talk About Aviation Insurance (or, What You Don't Know About Sublimits Can Hurt You) (March 20, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #84: Arrogance, Etiquette And Big Fat Traffic Patterns (February 20, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge: Emergency/What-If Scenarios (January 22, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #83: Which Emergencies Should We Practice? (January 23, 2005)

The Pilot's Lounge #82: Integrity, Responsibility And The Lack Thereof (December 26, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #81: Emergencies -- What You Don't Practice Can Kill (November 28, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #80: The ILS -- That Last 400 Feet (October 31, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #79: Reno, Baby -- Go Fast, Fly Low, Turn Left (October 3, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #78: In Praise Of Flight Breakfasts (September 5, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #77: FBO Professionalism; An Oxymoron? (August 8, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #76: And Now For Something ... (July 12, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #75: Preflight? Who Cares? (June 13, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #74: Getting The Rust Off Without Declaring Bankruptcy (May 16, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #73: A Test Pilot's Story (April 18, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #72: PAMA -- A Maintenance Organization For Fixers And Flyers (March 21, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #71: "Fresh Annual" And Other Hooks For Suckers (February 22, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #70: Do Humans Create Those Written Tests? (January 25, 2004)

The Pilot's Lounge #69: In 2004, We Resolve (December 28, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #68: Of Good, Evil And Little Airplanes (November 30, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #67:
A Museum Rescues Its Aviation Collection
 (November 2, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #66:
What Is That Thing Inside The Cowling?
 (October 5, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #65:
One, Two, Three, Heave
 (September 7, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #64:
It's OK
 (August 10, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #63:
It Takes A Village To Raise An Airport
 (July 13, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #62:
Project D.A.R.W.I.N.
 (June 15, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #61:
So You Want To Go Into Professional Aviation
 (May 18, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #60:
Daley, Meigs And The Tyranny Of Small Minds
 (April 20, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #59:
"Any Traffic Please Advise" and Other UNICOM Moronisms
 (March 23, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #58:
An Aviation-Themed Hotel in the Heartland
 (February 23, 2003)

"The Pilot's Lounge" Index (August 12, 2006)

The Pilot's Lounge #54:
Tailwheels, Part III — Full Stall or Wheel Landing?
 (November 2, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #53:
To Sell a Friend
 (October 6, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #52:
Tailwheels, Part II — The Checkout
 (September 12, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #51:
Getting Your Airplane Fixed Right
 (August 11, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #50:
Roll Your Own Flight Review
 (July 16, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #48:
Toss the FAA Deadwood
 (May 20, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #47:
Learning to Fly Floats — The View from the Back Seat
 (April 22, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #46:
In Defense of Precision
 (March 29, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #45:
Road Rage on Unicom
 (February 25, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #44:
The User-Friendly Airport
 (January 29, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #43:
Those Damned Little Airplanes
 (January 2, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #42:
Of Martinis, Ice, and Tailplane Stalls
 (December 2, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #41:
The Blue Yonder Foundation — Getting Sharp Kids into the Sky
 (November 4, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #40:
Of Pilots, Drivers, and the WTC
 (October 7, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #39:
VFR Flight Training in Marginal Weather
 (September 9, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #38:
Yes, Pogo, the Enemy Is Us
 (August 13, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #37:
"Who, Me? Fly Upside Down?"
 (July 15, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #36:
Letter from an Airport Kid
 (June 19, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #35:
Letter to an Airport Kid
 (May 20, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #34:
Of Ag-Planes, Fire Bombers, and Inventions
 (April 22, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #33:
IFR Training in IMC — What's the Big Deal?
 (March 26, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #32:
What Pilots Think of FBOs (We Really Like You) and Some Modest Suggestions
 (February 26, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #31:
Expanding Our Aviation Horizons
 (January 29, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #30:
Myths for the Last Millennium
 (January 4, 2001)

The Pilot's Lounge #29:
Used Airplanes — Buyer, Be Cynical
 (December 4, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #28:
Recurrent Training — Some Extra Insurance
 (November 5, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #27:
Radial Engines and Hydraulic Lock
 (October 9, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #26:
Scud Running — Discussing a Delicate Subject
 (September 11, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #25:
Beyond the $100 Hamburger
 (August 19, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #24:
Sleeping With Your Airplane
 (July 10, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #23:
Crashworthiness — Improving Your Chances When You Have to Put It Down
 (June 11, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #22:
AirVenture — Get in the Middle of It
 (May 15, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #21:
The Man or Woman Just Down Your Street
 (April 17, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #20:
Taking Them for a Ride — The First Timer and the Family Trip
 (March 19, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #19:
Why Flight Instruct? — Because You May Be Able to Make a Difference ... and a Living
 (February 13, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #18:
They Put Skis on People, Don't They?
 (January 23, 2000)

The Pilot's Lounge #17:
A Homebuilt Taste of Summer
 (December 28, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #16:
An Aviation Gift for Your Family
 (November 28, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #15:
A First Solo
 (October 31, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #14:
Kids in Aviation — and Other Items of Interest
 (October 4, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #13:
An Instructor's Obligation
 (September 6, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #12:
Is Good Enough Really Good Enough?
 (August 8, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #11:
LAHSO's Double Secret Probation
 (July 5, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #10:
Readbacks and Remedial Redemption
 (June 10, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #9:
The FAA's Interpretive Rule on Readback Errors
 (May 11, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #8:
Flying for Conservation
 (April 12, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #7:
Flying Antique and Classic Airplanes
 (March 15, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #6:
A Pilot for All Time, More Cold Tips, and a Memorable Flight
 (February 14, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #5:
Yes, It's Winter
 (January 18, 1999)

The Pilot's Lounge #4:
Why Not Use Those Flaps?
 (December 21, 1998)

The Pilot's Lounge #3:
Advertising General Aviation
 (November 23, 1998)

The Pilot's Lounge #2:
Why Not Fly Tailwheel?
 (October 7, 1998)

The Pilot's Lounge #1:
Flying with Babies and Kids
 (September 27, 1998)

The Pilot's Lounge #57:
Greg Gorak, The Teacher's Teacher
 (January 26, 2003)

The Pilot's Lounge #56:
I Ain't Declaring No Steenkin' Emergency
 (December 29, 2002)

The Pilot's Lounge #49:
How Many Are Going to Die, Mr. President?
 (June 15, 2002)

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