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Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Breath-taking images continue to roll into AVweb headquarters by the dozen!  It’s getting harder and harder to pick a winner, but these nifty AVweb ball caps aren’t going to give themselves away — so it’s nose to the grindstone, looking […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners AVweb would like to apologize to photographer Sven de Bevere for running his photo with the wrong attribution last week. The photo was submitted by an AVweb reader who mistakenly assumed Sven’s photo was in the public domain. It was […]

The FAA in the past has dismissed studies of automobile statistics as irrelevant to aviation safety. “Automobile drivers are allowed to drive with a variety of mental and physical conditions that would be disqualifying for pilots,” the FAA said in a June 2003 report from the Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) in Oklahoma City. “Pilots are […]

Submit a Photo | Rules| Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | PastPOTW Winners Thanks to all our readers who submitted photos for the “Picture of the Week” contest. Due to privacy issues, AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of readers who submit photos. *** THIS WEEK’S WINNERS *** AVweb continues to receive a large […]

Submit a Photo | Rules| Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | PastPOTW Winners Due to privacy issues, AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of readers who submit photos. *** THIS WEEK’S WINNERS *** “Home to Roost”Raymond J. Hill Jr. of Baxter, IA tells the story of this week’s winning photo:“Taken by Janet Speer as […]

Commander Aircraft, of Bethany, Okla., could resume production this year if a buyout by Tiger Aircraft, of Martinsburg, W.Va., is approved by shareholders. Tiger, which makes a modern version of the Grumman model by the same name, has offered to buy 80 percent of the shares in Aviation General, the holding company that owns Commander. […]

Submit a Photo | Rules| Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | PastPOTW Winners Due to privacy issues, AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of readers who submit photos. *** THIS WEEK’S WINNERS *** “Early Aviator Delivering Christmas Gifts”A season too late – but better late than never!Freddy Robaina of Miami Springs, FL sent in […]

Sometimes stuff happens and when it happens on airplanes it can have hilarious results. For some reason, a collection of funny flying stories came our way this week and they’re too good not to pass on. What happens when dry ice goes down a DC-8’s toilet? How about discovering new ways to vomit in the […]

Submit a Photo | Rules| Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | PastPOTW Winners Due to privacy issues, AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of readers who submit photos. *** THIS WEEK’S WINNERS *** “Twin Beech TP’ed”Mike Benson of Broadhead, WI tells us over 240 rolls of toilet paper were used on this B18!Click here […]

Passengers at LAX declined last year by 2.25 percent, reaching the lowest level in 14 years, while air cargo and military ops increased… To raise $100,000 for Angel Flight East, Marine pilot Lindy Kirkland plans to land at 100 airports in Virginia in 24 hours, flying a Cirrus SR-22, on March 16… A seven-foot-long piece […]