Atlanta’s Class B airspace changed in October through direct final rule action, and EAA Wednesday publicized its discontent with the FAA’s choice to exclude general aviation from that rulemaking process. According to EAA, exclusion of affected parties disregards the FAA’s own guidelines for “input by those who will be affected by rule changes.” The FAA […]
Podcast Index |How to Listen |Subscribe Via RSS Following up on Eclipse’s pre-Thanksgiving announcement that there are unavoidable delays in the completion and delivery of the EclipseJet, company CEO and President Vern Raburn joins us for a special 2-part podcast. In Part 1 (7.3MB / 8 mins.), Raburn answers Eclipse critics with an upbeat eye […]
Automated flight systems took another step forward in August, when Boeing’s Automated Aerial Refueling test program successfully demonstrated for the first time an unmanned air vehicle’s ability to autonomously maintain a steady refueling station behind a tanker aircraft, the company said this week. The idea is to develop UAVs that will be able to fly […]
A few weeks ago, Taylorcraft President Harry Ingram, facing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was told he would have to vacate his hangar at the Brownsville/South Padre Island (Texas) International Airport. A city attorney at the time said “the outcome is inevitable,” but that just goes to prove how the future defies prediction. This week, the city […]
Ash from volcanic activity can be a real hazard aloft — over the last 20 years, more than 200 aircraft have reported encounters with ash, and seven lost engine power. Now a new method of sonic detection may help to predict where the ash will occur, so airplanes can have advance warning to avoid the […]
General aviation pilots will soon have access to new icing forecasts, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said on Tuesday. The Current Icing Product Severity tool, which has been in testing and development for a few years, will be fully operational in two months or less, she said, in time for much of this icing season. “This […]
BRAINTEASERS Quiz #114: Aerodynamically SpeakingWhen airfoils slam into enough innocent air molecules at just the right speed, lift results. Seems like magic, but there is a little science involved. So let’s explore a few basic tenets of aerodynamics.
AVweb posts audio news on Mondays, plus a new in-depth interview each Friday. In last Friday’s podcast, you’ll find an interview with Honda v-p Jeffrey Smith, who talked everything HondaJet with AVweb at Honda Aircraft’s open house last Monday. And AVweb’s podcast index includes interviews with Cirrus Design cofounder and CEO Alan Klapmeier; Cessna chairman, […]
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