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A New Zealand helicopter pilot who single-handedly put out a wildfire while flying with night-vision goggles in winds gusting to 40 knots has been awarded the Federation Aeronautique International (FAI) Outstanding Airman Award. According to the Southland Times, well-known pilot Richard “Hannibal” Hayes received the honor last week from FAI Chairman Pierre Portman for some […]

EAA has confirmed several top acts for its 2008 AirVenture air show. Among those performing will be Sean D. Tucker, Patty Wagstaff, the AeroShell Aerobatic Team, the Warbird Spectaculars, Matt Younkin and Kyle Franklin … Rob Reider, the voice of numerous air shows as an announcer, has been named the 2007 recipient of the Sword […]

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Where Are the Air-Taxis? I see no way that the VLJ on-demand air taxi concept can be profitable (Question of the Week, Mar. 7). Too many dead legs, too many fixed expenses. Nice idea, but not practical, not profitable. I give them one year to be out of business.Jim Good The success of the VLJ […]

Cessna has sold at least three Citation Mustangs in Australia and New Zealand and predicts it will be a popular aircraft there. The Mustang makes perfect sense for businesses across Australia, and in New Zealand, Todd Duhnke, Cessnas director of international sales, said in a news release. Performance, price and reliability are all meeting our […]

Submit a Photo | Rules | Tips | Questions | Past Winners Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings.  The top photos are featured on AVweb’s home page, and one photo that stands above the others is awarded […]

New Zealand planemaker Alpha Aviation has hired former Mooney CEO Gretchen Jahn as general manager to take resurrection of the French-designed Robin series to the next level. The Alpha 160, a low-wing trainer, is made in Hamilton, N.Z. and recently gained FAA certification… Dayton, Ohio, is the heart of a new aviation tourism marketing program. […]

Submit a Photo |Rules |Tips |Questions |Past Winners Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings. The top photos are featured on AVweb’s home page, and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap […]

The Shell company recently published their Shell Aviation Tech Talk #15 (990 Kb Adobe PDF file) and distributed it to all pilots in Australia and New Zealand. I’m getting a lot of questions from readers there, and from graduates of our seminar.The bulk of the report is an excellent treatise on detonation and pre-ignition, well […]

It’s a dream many aviators share — to fuel up their airplane and head east, and keep going until they land again at their home airport, having circled the earth. Right now, three aviators from New Zealand are in the midst of living just that dream, flying a Cessna 421. “Our intentions are to travel […]