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Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Lots of happy pilots in the skies this week. Nominations for an AVweb “FBO of the Week” ribbon soared over the last ten days or so, and picking a stand-out this week was tough. (We cheated and saved a couple of facilities for future installments.) Amid stiff […]

If you talk to someone who’s been involved in a serious aircraft accident long enough, they’ll eventually get around to two things: The accident constantly intrudes in the daily thought process and any external description of it-an official accident report or news reports-won’t ring quite true. Experiencing something so traumatic isn’t the same as reading […]

The world of training aircraft has all but reinvented itself since Diamond introduced the DA20 to the North American market nearly 20 years ago. When the Katana appeared, Diamond reasoned that the fleet of ancient Cessna 150s and 152s was growing weary and operators would lust for replacements. What it didn’t anticipate was a couple […]

Texting talking on a cellphone while flying is being cited in the fatal crash of an aerial survey aircraft in Canada in November of 2011. The Transportation Safety Board stopped short of blaming the crash of the Cessna 185 on the pilot’s extensive cellphone use while on the short flight from Peace River, Alberta, to […]

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 – and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap as our “Picture of the Week.” Want to […]

It’s been a while since we’ve seen new avionics products from Bendix/King, so much so that the company has fallen to second-tier status with many buyers and dealers. But at AirVenture 2012, the company hopes to change that with the introduction of two new products — a smart audio panel and a new tablet app […]

Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Cirrus Aircraft was not legally required to provide training to Gary Prokop, who was killed while flying his SR-22, and also may have created a significant legal precedent. The suit alleged that Cirrus and training partner The University of North Dakota (UND) had not provided the roughly 240-hour […]

Flying my 172 near McGuire Air Force Base on Sunday, VFR with flight following from McGuire Approach. Two Air Force DC-10 tankers were practicing approaches as I flew by, and I offered to climb to stay out of their way. The controller asked me to climb and maintain 2,500 feet. Approach:“TAC 1, turn left, heading […]

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has announced liberalized flight medical standards for private and recreational pilots that include a 3,200-pound maximum weight for aircraft and allow pilots to register their medical fitness online. In a newsletter to Australian pilots, John McCormick, CASA’s director of aviation safety, said the idea is to make it easier […]

Each week, we run a sampling of the letters received to our editorial inbox here in AVmail. One letter that’s particularly relevant, informative, or otherwise compelling will headline this section as our “Letter of the Week,” and we’ll send the author an official AVweb baseball cap as a “thank you” for interacting with us (and […]