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Florida skydiver Albert “Gus” Wing III, 50, died after he collided with the wing of the Twin Otter that he jumped from Saturday morning, severing both legs at the knees. After the impact at 600 feet, Wing controlled his parachute to a landing but died from his injuries later at Halifax Medical Center. The aircraft […]

Meanwhile, in Arizona, a retrofitted 747 super-tanker is not yet approved to fly by the FAA, and may not be ready for this summer. “We don’t know how much it drops and how accurate it is,” Rose Davis, spokeswoman for the National Interagency Fire Center, told The Arizona Republic. The 747 can carry 24,000 gallons […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Welcome back to AVweb’s “Picture of the Week.”  Several of you wrote to us at Sun ‘n Fun to ask where last week’s pictures were. Not to worry; we were only taking the week off to chase down news at […]

Space Shuttle Discovery reached its launch pad Thursday morning, and is getting ready for the first flight in the orbiter program since the loss of Columbia in February 2003. The rollout is one of the last major steps before Discovery’s launch, targeted for a May 15 to June 3 window. Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins will […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Sun ‘n Fun kicks off in just a few days, and our Official AVweb Toothbrushes are packed. As usual, we’ll be taking tons of photos to bring back home and show our friends and families – and since we’ve got […]

Assuming he makes it, Randolph will be among a handful of people on the list kept by Earthrounders who’ve flown a homebuilt around the world. So far, Australian adventurer Jon Johanson is the only RV owner (on that list) to make the trip and he’s done it twice, including a loop over the North Pole, […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Quick! Grab a cold beverage and your best reading glasses, because this week our “POTW” submitters are battling it out in a game of chance! There were so many outstanding selections this week that we’ve chosen two photos for each […]

(This Year’s) Truly Exceptional Aircraft At OSH If you’re in Oshkosh, Wis., on Tuesday, July 26, about 3 in the afternoon, you should be able to look into the sky and catch the approach of the long, lanky Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, setting up for a fly-by in its first public appearance. EAA President Tom Poberezny […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Welcome to another installment of AVweb’s “Picture of the Week.” If you’re new to this feature, here’s how it works:  Every week we sort through dozens of amateur aviation photossubmitted by our readers, pick our favorites, and fight bitterly amongst […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners We received nearly 100 entries for this week’s “POTW” contest – putting us back in the high numbers we’ve grown to love!  Thanks for sending us your aviation photos and keeping our eyes soothed while we put together the news […]