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The first regional jet built in China, the ARJ21, won its first overseas customer this week. General Electric’s aircraft leasing division signed up to buy five of the airplanes, with options for 20 more, at the Zhuhai air show on Tuesday. GE, which is the world’s largest builder of aircraft engines, provides the CF34 engines […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Winnemucca Flying Service at KWMC in Winnemucca, Nevada. AVweb reader Mick Collins told us about the FBO last week: We had a group flight (eight planes) land at KWMC … for an overnight. Buster and his crew performed flawlessly […]

Submit a Photo |Rules |Tips |Questions |Past Winners Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings. The top photos are featured on AVweb‘s home page, and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Western Aviation Services (WAS) at Rafael Hernandez Airport (TJBQ) in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Almost all of this week’s nominations came from pilots who experienced Hurricane Omar evacuations firsthand and made it through with the help of outstanding FBOs and […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Last week, we mentioned all the great radio-controlled flyer videos that have found their way to our inbox over the last couple of weeks. Just today we came across a new one (from AVweb reader Mike Whaley) that takes the cake. As Mike writes, making a successful landing with one […]

Submit a Photo |Rules |Tips |Questions |Past Winners Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings. The top photos are featured on AVweb‘s home page, and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap […]

Jets seem to get all the attention but turboprops are the backbone of many business aviation sectors and the focus is on them next week at the annual Turboprop Expo. The 2008 edition launches in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Oct. 28 and continues for three days of turboprop-specific seminars and workshops. Keynote speaker Dr. David Strahle […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Homestead Executive Jet Center at X51 in Homestead, Florida. AVweb reader Skip Weld has been there twice and found them to be an outstanding FBO on both visits, going “far beyond what a normal good staff would do”: They […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Before we share our latest viral video find, a hearty “thanks” goes out to all the RC enthusiasts who read AVweb and sent us links to RC-airplane-mounted camera videos this week. We’ve saved a few of them for future issues, but we got a kick out of all of them. […]

Submit a Photo |Rules |Tips |Questions |Past Winners Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings. The top photos are featured on AVweb‘s home page, and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap […]