Expedite Used by ATC when prompt compliance is required to avoid the development of an imminent situation. Expedite climb/descent normally indicates to a pilot that the approximate best rate of climb/descent should be used without requiring an exceptional change in...
And, Oh Yeah, The Start of My Next 50… I’ve known it was coming (unless I did something really stupid)… but its ‘recent’ immediacy is an intellectual and emotional shock to my senses… When I set foot on Wittman Field...
Line Up And Wait (LUAW) Used by ATC to inform a pilot to taxi onto the departure runway to line up and wait. It is not authorization for takeoff. It is used when takeoff clearance cannot immediately be issued because...
Back-Taxi A term used by air traffic controllers to taxi an aircraft on the runway opposite to the traffic flow. The aircraft may be instructed to back-taxi to the beginning of the runway or at some point before reaching the...
Aero Linx: Cessna T-50 "The Flying Bobcats" The Birth of the T-50... It was in the later part of 1938 and early months of 1939 that the T-50 twin was develped. Originally designed for feeder line and persomal transport use,...
“Aviation goes beyond the traditional modes of flying and is fast becoming a hub of revolutionary new methods of flight so it’s important that the UK is ready for the next generation of flight.” Source: U.K. Aviation Minister Baroness Vere...
Aero Linx: The International Cessna 170 Association The International Cessna 170 Association (TIC170A) was formed in 1969. We have more than 980 members that own over 1000 Cessna 170s. The purposes TIC170A was formed (per the Constitution) include: A. To...
Digital-Automatic Terminal Information Service (D-ATIS) The service provides text messages to aircraft, airlines, and other users outside the standard reception range of conventional ATIS via landline and data link communications to the cockpit. Also, the service provides a computer-synthesized voice...
Thank Goodness Klyde Didn't Get Stuck Behind A Cherokee Six... FMI: www.klydemorris.com
The Third of Five Days Of Morning Brief Goodness! Join us for our first Oshkosh 2023 Morning Brief, live from Wittman Field! We have news from the day before, a little weather report, live interviews, and a look ahead, and...