Short Final: Smooth Rides
We were returning in our Phenom 300 from New Jersey to our home base in San Jose, California (KSJC). The weather was...
Short Final: Beachball
A couple of weeks ago, I was looking at weather in preparation for a local flight. As I reviewed all the data...
Short Final: No Longer A Factor
Overheard on Austin Approach:
AA123: “What’s going on down there? That’s the second time we’ve been vectored through...
Short Final: Wisconsin Cheese
Returning from Oshkosh 2019 (“AirVenture” has not quite captured the imagination), while going through security at the Appleton, Wisconsin, airport (KATW), the...
Short Final: Fix Sequence
I love the KOHOE arrival into Denver. In fact, I even took a photo of our FMS showing...
Short Final: Overwater
We were following the Lake Ontario shoreline north toward Billy Bishop Toronto City airport on Toronto Island near downtown Toronto. On frequency...
Short Final: Turbo
A few years ago, my wife and I were scooting along in our 1973 Cessna 182 from Visalia, California (KVIS) back home...
Short Final: Leg Room
I was flying home during the COVID‑19 pandemic, when the following took place:
Spirit 936: “Atlantic City Approach, Spirit...
Short Final: Callsigns
Upon checking into a Kansas City Center sector, I caught the following conversation already in progress:
Kansas City Center:...
Short Final: Awfully Quiet
Heard on So-Cal after a long period of silence:
Cessna 234: “SOCAL Approach, Cessna Two Three Four.”
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Best Of The Web: Landing On A Pitching Deck
In 2005, PBS produced a 10-hour series about flight operations on the U.S.S. Nimitz. In this Best of the Web selection, you'll...