Air Shows & Events

Be sure to check out our collection of images from WAI 2000. “Woman Power In Action!” WAI Rides High On Good Economic Times, Pilot Shortage Aspassengers disembarked from a Continental Express Embraer 145 regional jet atMemphis International last Wednesday, a young woman stuck her head into thecockpit to ask, “Are you all going to the […]

The Heli-Expo 2000 exhibit floor was crowded with booths and displays, plus a record-territory number of  attendees. This mock-up of the forthcoming Agusta/Bell AB139 drew plenty of attention. This is a 12-pax twin. The latest variant of Sikorsky’s S-76. Bell’s 427, in PHI colors. They might fly differently than a fixed-wing aircraft, but they’re all […]

IFR Rules, New Ships Bode Well; Noise Issues, Neighbors Bedevil Potential A week ago Friday, the FAA acknowledged that helicopters are, well, different.After years of wishing and hoping, lobbying and praying by the helicoptercommunity, the folks at 800 Independence took the “FAR”-reaching stepof publishing rules changes for IFR helicopter flights that lower fuel-reserverequirements and ceiling […]

Also, be sure to check out our collection of images from NBAA ’99: The people, the exhibit floor, the static display and, of course, the aircraft. Gloomy Outside The Hall, Sunny Inside NBAA ’99 Enjoys The Glow Of Growth In Business Aviation Users And Products Good thing it wasn’t an airshow. The mood and the […]

Gulfstream’s 61st G-V gave rise to the idea that there’s a veritable air force of them flying around. This is not your father’s Huey – it’s Bell’s model 427. The Bell 427’s front office. There is another Bell in your future – the Bell/Agusta 609 Tiltrotor. Cessna’s booth was one of the largest. Gulfstream’s booth […]

Back to AVweb’s daily coverage of Reno ’99 Preview Rare Bear, Lyle Shelton’s highly modified F8F Bearcat returns to Reno. In practice on Tuesday, the Bear broke a clamp holding an exhaust stack damaging a cylinder and other engine components. The crew was finishing up the cylinder change-out on Wednesday afternoon. After P-51 “Voodoo Chile” […]

NOTE: AVweb’s coverage includes many more photos. Preview  |  Day 1  |  Day 2  |  Day 3  |  Final Day Preview Reno — to air racing fans, the name conjures up thoughts of Mustangs, SeaFuries and Bearcats in full cry bending around the pylons on the racecourse atReno/Stead Airport. The P-51s, Furies and ‘Cats of […]

While I was at EAA AirVenture ’99 in Oshkosh, I had thehonor of interviewing Paul Poberezny, whotold me, “Flying on the airlines isn’t flying, it’s transportation.” At thetime, I didn’t appreciate the significance of Paul’s remark quite as fully as I do now. My trip to Oshkosh was flying. I flew there in Mike Busch’s […]

Carl Marbach – Publisher Mike Busch – Editor-in-Chief Bob Kaputa – Managing Editor Jeb Burnside – Executive Editor Jennifer Whitley – Copy Editor Randy Jenkins – Graphic Artist Liz Swaine – News Writer Peter Yost – News Writer Mary Grady – News Editor John Deakin – Columnist Howard Fried – Columnist Rick Durden – Columnist […]

Making Airshows Exciting Again With CASPA, The Friendly Contest An airshow is anairshow is an airshow — pilots fly and people watch. Although the pilots giveit their all, sometimes it seems as if there’s nothing new under the sun. TheChampionship Air Show Pilots Association (CASPA) may have found a way to put the”wow” back into […]