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CSC Duats, which provides free FAA weather, flight planning, and flight-plan filing at its website, is now working to bring free Duats weather services into the cockpit, program manager Leon Thomas said at AOPA Summit on Friday. The company is working with a satellite provider to develop a system that will deliver full current weather […]

When leaders of the Recreational Aviation Foundation work to protect access to backcountry airstrips, one objection they often hear from park officials is that the noise disturbs wildlife, says RAF executive director John McKenna — a claim he hopes to dispute, thanks to a $10,000 research grant from AOPA’s new “Giving Back” grant program. “We […]

Mark Scheuer, the founder of PS Engineering, came to AOPA Summit this week to announce a special offer for pilots who are now flying with Garmin’s GMA340 — ask your avionics shop to swap in a PMA8000B audio panel for a free trial, and fly with it for up to two weeks. “Really, you’re going […]

At AOPA Summit, Cirrus CEO Pat Waddick gave AVweb a progress report on the company’s SF50 single-engine personal jet. The aircraft is on fast track development for delivery in 2015. view on YouTube

At every show, we see ever more functionality and high-level features in tablet apps. At AOPA Summit this year in Fort Worth, weve uncovered some useful new features in three apps we examined: ForeFlight, WingX Pro and Jeppesens FliteDeck app. In todays video tour of these products, you can get a look how the new […]

Lockheed Martin Flight Service rolled out some new features this week to make online flight planning easier and more intuitive for pilots. At AOPA Summit in Fort Worth, system architect Mike Glasgow explained the Next Generation services to AVweb’s Mary Grady. Duration: File Size: download here

The cost of fuel is a constant concern for pilots, and Jack Pelton told AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli at AOPA Summit this week that EAA will do what it can to help control those costs and keep airplanes flying. Pelton also discussed EAA’s conflict with FAA over paying for controller staff at AirVenture. Duration: File Size: […]

In a conversation with AVweb’s Mary Grady at AOPA Summit this week, John and Martha King of King Schools said they want to encourage all pilots to be mentors to other pilots who are less experienced than themselves. They also talked about a new app that makes it easy to take their computer-based courses on […]

Legislation that would update FAR Part 23 and streamline aircraft certification, the Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013, has now passed through the Senate and will go back to the House of Representatives where it is expected to pass (again). The House passed its version of the bill back in July with a 411-0 vote […]

Cirrus has created a new program to help train pilots about using the parachute on their aircraft, company spokesman Todd Simmons said at AOPA Summit this week. Activating the chute is a simple procedure, he said, but too often, pilots hesitate or decide not to pull when they should have. The new training aims to […]