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I’ve never felt it was appropriate that a pilot could obtain an instrument rating without flying in the clouds. From a safety standpoint—no matter what type of flying the pilot intends to undertake—it seems beyond ludicrous. I received instrument dual in IMC at a small airport in rural Iowa; one would think that it would […]

Aeronautical decision-making (ADM) is essentially the mental process of gathering and evaluating information pertinent to a flight; listing the options and their attendant risks; and then choosing the best alternatives. It is an iterative process due to the nature of the changing variables inherent in flight. ADM is often a relatively simple and subliminal process […]

AVweb’s General Aviation Accident Bulletin is taken from the pages of our sister publication, Aviation Safety magazine and is published twice a month. All the reports listed here are preliminary and include only initial factual findings about crashes. You can learn more about the final probable cause in the NTSB’s web site atwww.ntsb.gov. Final reports […]

Oshkosh, WI – Flight students from Purdue and Ohio State will be the first pilots in to train with the ICARUS Device, which uses “Smart Glass” technology to electronically switch the users lens between opaque and clear. This allows instructors to prepare students for the challenge of flight in instrument flying conditions in a way […]

Friedrichshafen – The AERO slot assignment procedure used in the past is now going to be improved. A meeting of experts including representatives from the Friedrichshafen Airport, Austro Control, Skyguide, AOPA, the leading industry publications in Germany and Messe Friedrichshafen was focused on common efforts to optimize landing procedures for Friedrichshafen Airport. As in the […]

The Eagle Flying Museum, in Fort Worth, Texas, is holding a raffle with a refurbished Cessna 150J as the grand prize. The funds raised will be used to help local kids restore a classic Boeing Stearman, a project made possible by Build A Plane. “This is a remarkably innovative approach to funding the restoration of […]

Capua, Italy – Tecnam announced today that ‘FLYBYSCHOOL’, Spain’s leading General Aviation Flight Training Organisation has placed an order for an additional 3 Tecnam P2002JF. These will supplement their existing all Tecnam fleets of both P2002JF single engines aircraft and P2006T Twins. Leon, Spain based ‘FLYBYSCHOOL’, is renowned for its all-inclusive integrated flight training program […]

I hauled the Cub over to Sebring on Saturday—that takes most of the day, one way—and hung out at Tecnam’s big hangar there. I’d flown over to fly and shoot Tecnam’s latest light sport aircraft, the Astore. Nice airplane. I first saw it at Aero in 2013 and didn’t spend enough time with it to […]

Somewhere between conception and execution of the light sport aircraft idea, the notion of simple and inexpensive got tossed overboard. Typical LSAs are lavishly equipped at prices in the $130,000 range. Yet at least a couple of companies persist with offerings below that price, including the Italian-built Groppo Trail, which surfaced again this year at […]

At last week’s NBAA show in Orlando, I was having a little argument with myself in one of the press conferences. A staple of these things is what we used to call in the newspaper business “grip and grins.” The assembled people of import grip the certificate/plaque/award/trophy, face the camera and beam. Click. Two cols […]