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Mike Turner Mike Turner is the new Marketing and Corporate Communications Director at StandardAero. He was formerly Corporate Communications Manager.

A Grumman Goose operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines crashed west of Vancouver on Sunday killing seven of eight on board. The lone survivor, a passenger, was found by the Canadian Coast Guard on Thormandy Island … A Naples, Fla. helicopter pilot who allegedly flew passengers while drunk at the Suffolk, Va. Peanut Festival a year […]

Pilot Len Johnson flew coast to coast in a homebuilt biodiesel-powered Cozy MKIV to promote the development of 100LL alternatives … The longest fuel-cell-powered flight of a radio-controlled airplane has been achieved by students at the University of Michigan, with a flight of over 10 hours. The previous record was just over nine hours … […]

Robert Randall Robert Randall is Universal Avionics’ new marketing manager for the central region. He was most recently Executive Director of Sales and Marketing at Shadin Avionics.

Randy Groom Former Beechcraft President Randy Groom has formed his own aviation consulting company. He’s already been engaged by several aviation companies.

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 […]