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All my flying for the first several years of owning my Grumman AA1-B was VFR, even at night. And my electronic navigation was limited...

I was making a late‐night approach to Des Moines International Airport. Me: “Des Moines approach, Baron 12KA, 15 east at 3000.” Tower: “12KA turn left heading...

A few years ago during my private‐pilot solo long cross‐country I was heading to a southern Wisconsin airport with a tower known to be...

While doing some pattern work recently at our small rural airport in Pella, Iowa (KPEA), I was practicing wheel landings and three‐point landings with...

I flew out of Boeing Field in Seattle and was assigned the CBAIN departure with fixes GNEXX, KURRT and CBAIN. If you depart in...

My first job in aviation back in 1978 was as an admissions counselor at East Coast Aero Tech, an A&P school in Lexington, Massachusetts...

New York airspace can be intimidating, and the controllers are not exactly known for having a slow, patient approach to communicating with incoming traffic....

As a controller, I occasionally get asked, usually (but not always) when it’s slow on the radio, “Approach, do you have time for a...

I recently heard this at Detroit Metropolitan Airport: Tower: “Airliner 123, left turn to heading 185. Cleared for takeoff 21R.” Pilot: “Right turn 185, cleared for...

On a recent trip from the West Coast to the Midwest, I’d just checked in with Center after a couple sectors in NorCal. A...