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Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive This week, we cast our far-roving eye toward the viral video clips of Australia (specifically, Wangaratta, Victoria – a well-known source of “POTW” submissions for AVweb). YouTube user hyperscale treats us to some candid video of a Curtiss P-40N Warhawk taxiing and taking off from Wangaratta. Don’t see a video […]

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 […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Aurora Jet Center at KUAO in Aurora, Ore. AVweb reader Dennis Conner said the FBO has great service — and cookies, too. “Every time we stop in there, there is always a person to greet you and take care […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive We all know the impact of bird strikes on small aircraft, but when was the last time you saw their effect on something as large as a Boeing 757? Simon Lowe was on hand when a Thomson 757 engine sucked in a bird on take-off […]

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 […]

Flight instructor and electrical engineer Brad Whitsitt noticed that many of his flight students had much difficulty with crosswind landings, and his research into the problem found that improper crosswind landing techniques and wind-gust encounters near the runway are the top causes of weather-related accidents. He decided to do something about this by merging his […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Rowan County Airport at KRUQ in Salisbury, N.C. AVweb reader A. Paul Giannobile said the facility always delivers. “Every time we stop here on or way to Florida, the service is friendly, the free courtesy car is always available […]

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Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Move over, Jack Bauer! If you think you accomplish a lot in one day, check out this week’s time-lapse map showing all of FedEx’s flights inside the continental U.S. over a 25-hour period. Suddenly Memphis is starting to look a lot like the center of the universe … . Don’t […]

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 […]