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Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:48 PM

Scott Crossfield Crashes

The Associated Press reports Scott Crossfield's death was confirmed by family members. Crossfield crashed Wednesday, April 19, in the mountains of north Georgia. More information can be found here . A true aviation icon has been lost, but not forgotten
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Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:33 AM

Power Outage Causes Controllers' Angst?

I heard a blurb about this on the radio while driving home from work today and had to shake my head. Here is the story as reported by the San Jose Mercury News. In a nutshell, there was a problem with an underground cable feeding power to a TRACON near
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Sunday, April 16, 2006 6:59 PM

KJYO-KCHO-KOMH (Another Stamp Run)

After the winds of yesterday's flight, the calm air of today's venture was downright boring. Still, any day flying is a good day and Mel and I went out for another few stamps. The original plan was to fly from Leesburg (KJYO) to Charlottesville
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Sunday, April 16, 2006 2:30 AM

Stamp Run KOKV-KSHD-KJYO

Mel and I planned a stamp run/currency combination flight for this Saturday. He took the first shift and flew two approaches into Winchester, VA (KOKV) where we landed and went inside for a refreshment and a stamp. It was a windy and bumpy day and I found
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Sunday, April 16, 2006 12:21 AM

Crosswind Landing at KSHD

This was an interesting landing. It was a breezy day with winds reported by Shenandoah Regional (KSHD) in Staunton, VA (that's "stanton" for non-residents) as 290@12G18. I had left Winchester, VA (KOKV) and flown down the Blue Ridge (literally)
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Saturday, April 15, 2006 11:39 AM

Departing KSHD

After such an interesting landing , this departure from Staunton, VA (KSHD) was almost anticlimactic.
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Friday, April 14, 2006 11:11 AM

DC ADIZ Public Meeting Transcripts Back Online

AOPA reports the transcripts of the Metropolitan Washington Special Flight Rules Area public meetings are now back online. This was yet another exercise in bureaucratic stupidity. Even though the meetings were public, attended by hundreds of citizens,
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