AOPA

AOPA launches its new version of the former AOPA Expo in Tampa this week, and despite the stubbornly down economy, organizers expect a full exhibit hall and attendance close to what it was for the last Tampa event, four years ago. “The AOPA Aviation Summit will still have the wide variety of exhibitors and aircraft […]

When Adam Leon, 31, took off from an Ontario flight school in a stolen Cessna 172 last April and flew across the border into the U.S., it was an act of desperation — he was suicidal and hoping that he would be shot down, his lawyer said. But this week, a federal court in St. […]

While the FAA continues to work on long-awaited new rules to cope with pilot fatigue, the Air Line Pilots Association this week announced its own new policy, which it says is based on the latest science and three years of work. “With the FAA’s commitment to issue a new proposed flight- and duty-time rule by […]

With more than 1,000 orders for its Skycatcher LSA booked, Cessna is moving apace to bring the airplane into series production, and it showed up at AOPA Summit in Tampa with a conforming airplane. Cessna’s Kirby Ortega told AVweb the airplane in display was built in Wichita, although the wings – which we inspected carefully […]

As our on-site audio teams packs their bags to leave San Jose, California, we bring you a collection of nine audio podcasts recorded at (or, in some cases, just before) the show. Once again, our johnnies-on-the-spot have captured some of the most interesting voices in aviation, from CEOs and service providers to innovative thinkers, technical […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos At the 2008 AOPA Expo, our video team brought you exclusive interviews with outgoing AOPA president Phil Boyer and the incoming president, Craig Fuller – plus a demo flight with Cirrus Design’s new EVS system and an in-depth profile of Garmin’s hot GPSMap 696. If you […]

A handful of photos from the AOPA Expo in San Jose, California, courtesy of our on-site newsteam. CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW

There’s no shortage of incentives to boost airplane sales these days and Diamond announced on Thursday that it was offering existing aircraft owners a $10,000 finder’s fee for existing owners who steer new customers to the company. Now Cessna is offering those joining the waiting list to buy a Cessna Mustang the opportunity to lease […]

There are any number of training aids available for your home computer but Powerful Learning says it’s put together the whole package in a software suite that gives student pilots and those facing recurrent training all the tools they need to be successful without taking their eyes off the computer screen. A t a news […]

After a dismal last few months, sales of light sport aircraft are showing signs of rebounding according to one of the founding entrepreneurs of the LSA movement in the U.S. Tom Peghiny, who distributes CT light sport aircraft in the U.S. told AVweb in a podcast interview that some attrition is inevitable among LSA manufacturers […]