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Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners “Picture of the Week” returns today, marking the end of our annual AirVenture hiatus – and boy, did we get some great photos while we were away at the show this year! For those of you who are just discovering […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners As usual, “Picture of the Week” went on hiatus during the hectic week of AirVenture Oshkosh – but this year, we received too many submissions that week to roll them all into the following week’s contest.  So, without further ado, […]

WHAT’S NEW What’s New for July 2005This month AVweb’s survey of the latest products and services for pilots, mechanics and aircraft owners brings you lightning maps, weight and balance on your cell phone, light sport aircraft and much more.

For most student pilots, the introduction to aviation is often a highly personal, humbling and even slightly intimidating (if exhilarating) experience. Well, Rick Roberson quite literally didn’t know what he was getting himself into when he signed up for a $49 introductory lesson through the Be A Pilot program at a school in upstate New […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Unavoidable circumstances demanded that we run a “POTW” archive installment on June 21, but now that things are slowing down after AirVenture 2005, we thought you might like to see that week’s winning photos – especially the nifty winning pic […]

Lycoming said that a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NRPM) would be issued by Friday with an AD to follow, making the new MSB truly mandatory for Part 91 operators. According to Lycoming president Ian Walsh, “We had enough incidences to finally decide that all cranks with the same ‘heat code’ manufactured by Interstate should be […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners We admit to having a brief bout of panic when we realized there were only a couple dozen “Picture of the Week” submissions in last week’s contest.  Thankfully, this week sees a return to form for “POTW,” with over a […]

Loss of control of your aircraft while in flight is a really big deal and occurs more often than is generally realized. According to an article in Aviation Week & Space Technology (AW&ST, August 26, 2002), loss of control in flight is the second highest cause of worldwide airline fatalities. Loss of control in flight […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners This week saw a slight dip in submission numbers to our “Picture of the Week” contest – only forty-odd photos arrived – but, thankfully, there were some real keepers in the mix. Take this week’s winning photo, for example: Jay […]

The Vickers Vimy biplane landed safely in Ireland yesterday at about 5 p.m. local time, after crossing the North Atlantic nonstop, following the route flown in 1919 by the British team of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown. As planned, pilots Steve Fossett and Mark Rebhol landed on a golf course in Clifden, Ireland. The flight […]