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COLUMNS CEO of the Cockpit #45: Dead DinosaursWe’re all flying with dead dinosaurs — well, all of us powered pilots anyway. Airlines love to blame their bankruptcies on the price of fuel, but they won’t raise fares to cover it. So AVweb’s CEO of the Cockpit and some other pilots discuss other ways to use […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Uncle!  We give up; we’re waving the white flag.  Please, go easy on us. Last week, we griped about the recent downturn in “Picture of the Week” submissions and pleaded shamelessly for our beloved reader-contributors to pick up the pace.  […]

The Vickers Vimy replica that flew 15,000 miles from England to Australia in 1994, then 9,000 miles from London to Capetown in 1999, is ready for adventure No. 3 — retracing the first nonstop Atlantic crossing, made by the British team of John Alcock and Arthur Brown, flying a Vimy, in June 1919. The open-cockpit […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Wha-?  Where are all the pictures this week?  Is everyone O.K. out there? Not that we’re complaining, but this has been the slowest week for “POTW” submissions in well over a year.  (If you don’t count Christmas, AirVenture, and Sun […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Busy day so far?  Sneak a few moments for yourself and peek at this week’s batch of amateur aviation photos.  No skydivers, aerobatics, or wrecked planes this week – just a handful of gorgeous aircraft photographed against idyllic landscapes. This […]

SAFETY Regional Accident Analysis: Know Your Local Risk FactorsSavvy pilots are always interested in learning how to avoid potential risks. However, most accident data is summarized on a national basis and may understate the risk of some factors in your local area. Max Trescott found profound differences in accident causes in the San Francisco Bay […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners With Sun ‘n Fun squarely behind us, the number of “Picture of the Week” submissions is beginning its steady summer climb – and we love it! Keep those photos coming; we need ’em to get in the proper summer spirit. […]

Flying is a lot of fun and isn’t particularly dangerous for pilots who actively manage the risks. Since three-quarters or more of accidents are pilot-induced, we’re largely in control of our fate if we pay heed to the missteps of others and avoid risky behaviors. Hence, it’s totally appropriate that many government and private safety […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners It’s been a couple of weeks since Sun ‘n Fun – just enough time for reader photos to start trickling in.  You’ve seenour galleries; now let’s see what AVweb readers who were lucky enough to attend the show sent us! […]

The Oshkosh announcement comes a couple of days after Eclipse released details of an order for up to 300 VLJs to DayJet, a company that hopes to start an on-demand charter service on the eastern seaboard. Eclipse says it has more than 2,000 orders for the 500, which was originally slated to begin delivery this […]