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Nominate an FBO |Contest Rules & Tips | Questions | Past Winners< AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” contest is sponsored by Aviation Safety magazine, the monthly journal of risk management and accident prevention. Thanks to all the pilots and AVweb readers who took time to nominate their favorite FBOs in our “FBO of the Week” […]

PROBABLE CAUSE Probable Cause #3: Trapped On TopThere are some among us who like to tempt fate by skirting the rules. But a Bonanza pilot who did that got more than he bargained for, as this report of Probable Cause explains. This report first appeared in AVweb’s sister publication, IFR Refresher. _____________WHAT’S NEW What’s New […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions | Past POTW Winners We have a slightly shorter installment of “Picture of the Week” for you today, as we’re preparing for next week’sSun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida.  As usual, we’ll be skipping “POTW” next week in favor of bringing you all the sights (and […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions | Past POTW Winners Welcome back to AVweb’s “Picture of the Week.”  Each week, we sort through the top aviation photossubmitted by AVweb readers and choose our favorites.  We share the best of the best right here and award the number-one photographer with an Official AVweb Baseball […]

The announcement came as Diamond Aircraft, of London, Ont., is getting ready to ramp up production and sales of its DA42 TwinStar, which is powered by Thielert 135-hp diesels. “Obviously, Diamond is delighted that [Thielert] is taking this very significant step,” Diamond CEO Peter Maurer told AVweb. “The timing coincides perfectly with our ramp-up of […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions | Past POTW Winners Wow!  Last week, we mentioned that photo submissions had dropped a bit – to less that 50 submissions for the first time in many months – and you responded with a deluge of new photos!  We haven’t had time to run an official […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions | Past POTW Winners “Picture of the Week” submissions were down a bit this week – numbering less than 50 for the first time in … um, in recent memory.  Nevertheless, there were quite a few noteworthy submissions, including this week’s winning photo from Jason Apol of […]

COLUMNS Probable Cause #1: Breakup In FlightAVweb introduces a twice-monthly column investigating accidents and presenting lessons learned from them. This week in Probable Cause, we look at whether a faulty switch brought down a twin-turboprop. Quick recognition and a thorough scan could possibly have saved the day. This report first appeared in AVweb‘s sister publication, […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions | Past POTW Winners We’ve always heard it’s best to do your preflight checks before the rotors are spinning. Then again, we’re not lucky enough to have a flight suit that matches our aircraft’s paint job, so who are we to question this brave soul? This week’s […]

Burt Rutan spent some time at each of his AirVenture forums in Oshkosh last summer trying to recruit more workers for his company, Scaled Composites, in Mojave, Calif. Last week, he was still at it, with a story in Space.com telling about his need for workers. “We are looking for people that like to build […]