Search Results for: index.html

WHAT’S NEW What’s New for March 2005This month AVweb’s survey of the latest products and services for pilots, mechanics and aircraft owners brings you a book on night flying, a density altitude thermometer, vortex generators for Stinsons and much more.

Aera Corp. Heats Up Race For Space Aera Corp., of Temeculah, Calif., announced on Monday that it has signed a “Commercial Space Operations Support Agreement” with the U.S. Air Force that will allow it to launch its seven-seat rocket-powered spacecraft from a launch pad and land it horizontally on a runway, both at Cape Canaveral. […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners This was a light week for “POTW” submissions, but almost every entry this week was a serious contender for one of our top three spots.  So, despite a slight drop in submissions, we’re going to run an astonishing seven pictures […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Another week, another great batch of photos from AVweb readers – man, this is the life! Suzy Kryzanowicz of Michigan takes home top honors this week.  (She’ll also be taking home an official AVweb baseball cap for her efforts.)  Once […]

Like gardeners with their seed catalogs, aviators wile away the gloomy winter hours dreaming of air shows to come. Sun ‘n Fun is the traditional season opener. This year’s event in Lakeland, Fla., April 12-18, is sure to bring sport planes out to play and “EAA’s Sport Pilot experts will be available to help people […]

Not everyone can make it to the big air shows to check out the latest new airplanes, so Cirrus has packed one of its aircraft (minus the wings) into the trailer of a giant 18-wheeler and is taking it out to the nation’s blue highways. The Cirrus Road Show launched in January and will continue […]

Natural selection weeds out the weak and encourages proliferation of the strong. It works in nature but I’m not so sure it hasn’t been subverted elsewhere. Specifically, I’m talking about Franklin engines, a once-upon-a-time contender in general aviation that is, for the time being, out of business.The short version is this: United Technologies — Pratt […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners A couple of weeks ago, when we at AVweb were grousing about low turnout for our “Picture of the Week” contest, you were all on vacation!  Right? At least, that’s how it seems looking through this week’s batch of pictures.  […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Hot dog!  It’s time for another installment of AVweb’s “Picture of the Week”! We hope you’ll forgive our enthusiasm, but this week’s batch of submissions are something to get excited about.  (And we promise, there’s not a dead animal to […]

Pax Need Training, Mineta Says DOT Secretary Norm Mineta offered a glimpse last week into what the FAA will be looking for in safety guidelines for commercial space tourism. Speaking at the annual Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Mineta said that passengers who want to travel into space should get a […]