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With the opening of AirVenture tomorrow, expect new electronics goodies to pad your panel, including some interesting variations on GPS. For instance, recently formed Aspen Avionics has come out with a panel-mounted (experimental only) terrain-awareness display that fits in the hole vacated by your VSI. The AT300 plugs into your GPS shows aircraft position and […]

UAVs And You… When the U.S. Border Patrol began late last month to fly two Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to help patrol the Arizona-Mexico border, the deployment raised questions about collision avoidance. “UAVs pose a significant threat to air traffic along and near the border,” one AVweb reader, a professional pilot based in […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners Selecting “Pictures of the Week” for publication is a lot of fun — but lately, it’s been a lot of work, thanks to the flood of quality images our readers are submitting.  This week, in particular, was filled with tough […]

The U.S. Border Patrol officially launched its electronic eyes in the sky on Friday. After several weeks of testing, two Israeli-built Hermes 450 drones started patrolling 300 miles of border between the U.S. and Mexico controlled by the border patrol’s Tuscon sector. The plane’s array of day- and night-vision cameras will be used to spot […]

The California Pilots Association filed suit last week to block a trucking terminal and fuel tanks slated to be built 1,300 feet from a runway at Tulare Airport… A helicopter pilot in Indiana is charged with flying while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, after he and a passenger were hurt in a crash last year. Prosecutors say […]

A new process discovered at an Australian research institute could lead to the production of aluminum airplanes that get stronger the longer they are left to “bake” in the sun. Roger Lumley, a scientist with CSIRO Elaborately Transformed Metals (CETM), says if aluminum panels are allowed to cure in the sun instead of in a […]

Northwest Airlines and Metropolitan Airports Commission A lot of folks, both in the aviation business and others, have had to face the reality of increased costs and hardships in the post-9/11 era (NewsWire, May 3). Is it too hard to understand that the private aircraft owner is going to have to share some of these […]

EAA’s Boeing B-17 bomber “Aluminum Overcast,” currently touring the West Coast, was damaged Wednesday when its landing gear collapsed following its arrival at the Van Nuys, Calif., airport. There were no injuries to any of the 10 people on board, including two B-17 pilots, two EAA mechanics and six other passengers… Various news sources have […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Cessna Owner and Pipers Magazines. Of all the hangar talk one encounters at airports, the subject of using automotive gasoline in airplane engines is among the most contentious. Some — particularly owners who have an autogas supplemental type certificate (STC) — will tell you that it’s perfectly safe, […]

Chances are you won’t have to join the military to encounter a UAV. They’ve been in limited use over U.S. airspace for years but the Department of Homeland Security wants to use them regularly to patrol the border between Arizona and Mexico. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the flights are expected to start later […]