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Despite stall awareness training and more technology designed to help pilots avoid them, stalls are still a significant factor in accidents. But in this podcast, the last of our five-part series on the topic, veteran instructor Wayman Luy says stall training is getting better. “What we’re doing right is doing scenario-based training. And the newer […]

A Southwest flight attendant is alleging in a lawsuit that two pilots streamed live video of people, including her, using a bathroom on the aircraft to an iPad in the cockpit. But the airline says it was a prank that went wrong and the pilots deny it altogether. The flight attendant claims in the suit […]

Hours after the Indonesian final crash report of a Lion Air 737 MAX, the FAA revoked the repair certificate of a Florida shop that allegedly improperly repaired the airplane’s angle-of-attack indicator. Xtra Aerospace was named in the Indonesian report, which said investigators could find no paper trail indicating the sensor had been properly calibrated. Although […]

This week, AVweb’s news roundup found reports on the certification of a landing light system for the Boeing 737, a new hydraulic door system and the opening of an office for an aviation training management systems provider. Whelen Aerospace Technologies announced the certification of it BoomBeam High Intensity Discharge (HID) landing light system for the […]

An unbroken chain of faulty aircraft design, poor pilot performance and maintenance oversights caused last year’s crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX, according to Indonesia’s air safety board. In its final report on the Oct. 29, 2018, crash off Jakarta, the report on Friday listed nine findings that formed a causal chain leading to […]

Universal Avionics (UA) introduced its new “Fly by Sight” flight deck concept this week at the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to UA, Fly by Sight will combine its ClearVision SkyLens Head Wearable Display and Interactive FMS (i-FMS) with the goal of reducing the pilot’s head-down time in […]

Cat Wren was recently named one of NBAA’s top 40 under 40. She sat down with AVweb’s Kate O’Connor at the 2019 NBAA convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, to talk about how she got involved in the FBO industry, along with her work at Dallas Love Field’s Business Jet Center and the Business Jet Cares […]

In line with the focus on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) at the 2019 NBAA convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced this week that a new summit on aviation sustainability will be held in Washington, D.C., next March. According to NBAA, the Business Aviation […]

In this podcast, Iridium’s Michael Hooper and Jordan Hassin talk with AVweb about the completion of the company’s upgraded satellite network, aerial connectivity, cockpit safety services and its partnership with Aireon on air traffic surveillance.

The head of recruitment for the U.S. Air Force says she’s on a mission to improve diversity and boost the ranks of the organization with greater flexibility for those who serve. Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt told an audience at NBAA-BACE 2019 that recruitment services have been put all under one roof so those who want […]