Short Final: Concorde Conquest
I fly a Cessna Conquest and when I announce myself to air traffic control, sometimes they hear Citation, and I usually correct...
Short Final: Not With That Attitude
Holding short of Runway 27 at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, for an hour’s flight to the “Third Thursday” fly‑in at...
Short Final: Throwing Out The Anchor
At the end of a five‑hour final leg of a cross‑country trip from the West Coast to Michigan, I was very much...
Short Final: Someday
A few years back, we were three miles out from landing at our local towered airport, when we had the following exchange...
Short Final: The Forest
Departing Buckeye for Flagstaff, the Phoenix Departure controller was obviously a stickler for standard communications.
Phoenix: Two Seven Victor,...
Short Final: Potholes
Years ago when it was one of those typical Midwest spring days where the turbulence was ferocious down low, but the headwinds...
Short Final: Three Stooges
A bit of nostalgia: Do you know how many stooges of the Three Stooges fame there were?
You can...
Short Final: Toward UNVIL
Recently, we were on a flight from Boston to Teterboro, in our Phenom 300, nearing our approach to Teterboro. The frequency was...
Short Final: Discreet Descent
While flying from San Jose International airport to Portland International airport we heard the following:
Oakland Center: “Delta 123,...
Short Final: The Briefest Readback
Some years back at Bradley International Airport, there was a local air taxi company that did a lot of their new pilot...
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Sun ‘N Fun 2021: Aerolite 103 Gets Electric Propulsion
As electric propulsion systems become more accessible, we're seeing them begin to appear in experimental and ultralight aircraft. In this AVweb video...