Short Final: Continuous Operations
One morning at KAPA (used to be Arapahoe County Airport, now Centennial Airport in south metro Denver, Colorado) I decided to get current in...
Short Final: Static
Heard while transitioning NorCal Approach airspace near Sacramento: Cessna 12345: (Broken, garbled transmission) NorCal: “I believe that was Cessna 12345; you’re coming in unreadable. Do you...
Short Final: Engineering To Bridge
I was flying from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Fargo, North Dakota, one evening recently. As we approached the Dakotas, it got rather quiet...
Short Final: Unable
On a bumpy day near New York City, we heard the following exchange: Diamond 8DS: “New York Approach, Diamond Eight Delta Sierra. I’m getting continuous...
Short Final: Rain
Flying to Long Island’s Republic Airport (KFRG) one dark night, heavy rain appeared out of what appeared to be a clear sky. To break up...
Short Final: Nav Problems
On a recent trip from Illinois to Arkansas, we overheard the following exchange: Razorback Approach: “Cessna Two Three Tango, Razorback Approach. Have you changed your...
Short Final: What We Call You
As I neared retirement, I flew every week from the Olive Branch, MS airport (KOLV) to my farm airstrip and soon-to-be new home in...
Short Final: Zero Seconds
My Class D airport seems to have little airspace it actually controls, having to talk to the overlying center for everything. The most common,...
Short Final: Landing Hot
B18 - Alton Bay, New Hampshire: the only ice runway in the lower 48 with an FAA identifier when the ice is thick enough. The...
Short Final: Horizontal Or Vertical
My home airport is KAPA, which used to be Arapahoe County Airport but is now Centennial Airport in the south metropolitan area of Denver,...
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Best Of The Web: Surviving A Rotor Wash Crash
On Jan.3, 2022, a Cessna 120 flown by a 1000-hour pilot and CFI encountered rotor wash from a Huey helicopter that passed just in...