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,...
Short Final: Left Or Right
I was returning to Denver from some mountain and canyon flying in Idaho one busy Friday afternoon in July, headed towards my fuel stop...
Short Final: Re-Entry
On one flight, with only a crew of three (no passengers) onboard the Global Express and light on fuel, I requested a climb to...
Short Final: Progressive Instructions
In the summer of 1970, at the ripe old age of 16, with a total of 27 hours (13 solo), I convinced my instructor...
Short Final: Expedite
About 25 years ago, I was working 'ramp' for a local airshow. Three Warbirds called the Tower upon their arrival. Number one was P-47...
Short Final: For Your Viewing Pleasure
I overheard this exchange with the local TRACON, NorCal Approach, while flying along California’s central valley: NorCal Approach: Cessna XXXX maintain at or above three...
Short Final: Texas Weather
There are many stories about the horrible freeze we had in Texas this year, but I think this one of the funniest. I planned...
Short Final: Umpire
We were flying into Watsonville, a non‑towered airport on California's Monterey Bay coast recently, on an unexpectedly clear summer evening. When we tuned into...
Short Final: Alien Intercept
During the peak of last summer’s pandemic there was not a lot of air traffic or radio traffic with commercial travel being at a...