AVWeb Classics

The nice part about Newark (and New York City) in the morning is ... leaving. AVweb's CEO of the Cockpit has a good day, for once.

What could be easier than taxiing an airplane? Maybe not so easy, as the accident record shows. AVweb's Thomas P. Turner has some taxi tips.

Airplane drivers don't believe airplanes are anything other than inanimate objects. Airplane flyers, however, will enjoy what AVweb's Rick Durden has to say about a Piper Apache named ''Da Pop.''

Another airline merger ... maybe. This time it's close to home for AVweb's CEO of the Cockpit, so he's sucking on oxygen.

If the FSS briefer suggests you don't fly VFR, is it illegal to go? Just how unsafe is it if you do? AVweb's Thomas P. Turner has a system for figuring it out.

It's a tragedy when a pilot dies. But AVweb's Rick Durden helped turn a tragedy into an amazing gift from a grieving family.

AVweb's Kevin Garrison doesn't ever fly for hire except for his airline. Well, there's this little bit of instructing he does ...

When ATC changes your approach clearance at the last minute, you need to be ready to switch gears fast ... or to say, "Unable."

AVweb's Rick Durden wants to change flight training: Let's emphasize the situations that actually kill people instead of the stuff that produce headlines but aren't common.

Want to find out if pilot fatigue is real? Ask for a real study by an independent agency. If you can find such an agency.