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Each week, we run a sampling of the letters received to our editorial inbox here in AVmail. One letter that’s particularly relevant, informative, or otherwise compelling will headline this section as our “Letter of the Week,” and we’ll send the author an official AVweb baseball cap as a “thank you” for interacting with us (and […]

Things have been kind of busy, so my visits to the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport have been carried out at low cruise. I was present long enough recently to hear a student describing to his instructor what he had learned after having some difficulty with crosswind landings. She listened patiently as his recital […]

Each week, we run a sampling of the letters received to our editorial inbox here in AVmail. One letter that’s particularly relevant, informative, or otherwise compelling will headline this section as our “Letter of the Week,” and we’ll send the author an official AVweb baseball cap as a “thank you” for interacting with us (and […]

Each week, we run a sampling of the letters received to our editorial inbox here in AVmail. One letter that’s particularly relevant, informative, or otherwise compelling will headline this section as our “Letter of the Week,” and we’ll send the author an official AVweb baseball cap as a “thank you” for interacting with us (and […]

IAOPA Concerns On NPA for Crew Licensing An influential industry voice is expressing concern about some of the new proposed regulations for flight crew licensing (see last month’s report). IAOPA, the European branch of the Aircraft Owners and Pilot’s Association warns that although some of the suggestions make good sense, there are also truly “dreadful” […]

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 […]

That Ditto Ain’t a T-38 First of all, I think that AVweb is great and I look forward to every issue, and the staff do a great job. But I think there might be a misprint because, in the caption for Mr. Valovich’s Picture of the Week (POTW, Oct. 30) it says that Ditto is […]

This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, Aug. 2006. There’s an old saying: “When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” In other words, when resources are few, people tend to use the only ones available to them, even if they’re inappropriate and have the potential to create as […]

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