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Watch your inbox and keep AVweb.com high on your favorites list this week as our experienced team of award-winning aviation journalists delivers all the news from AOPA Expo in Hartford. It starts out with a rash of product announcements today (Thursday) and continues through three days of seminars, politically oriented discussions and general discussion about […]

Safe Skies and Blaming GA The airlines disgust me at their attempts to blame GA for traffic delays. The first time I saw their ads was flying on Hawaiian Airlines and the second was on Delta. As I was sitting at Delta’s Hub in Atlanta, Ga. (ATL) waiting for our delayed flight, I couldn’t help […]

This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, August 2005. Pilots are a curious bunch. Arguably the result of concentrated, lengthy training in everything from reading and understanding aviation regulations, manipulating an aircraft’s controls, and obtaining and understanding weather reports and forecasts, we still find ways to bend sheet metal and injure people. Yes, every now […]

As this is written, the final day of 2007’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Annual Meeting and convention is well underway. Tired but smiling men and women in business attire are dragging stuffed luggage throughout Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC), tying up loose ends and making final passes through the exhibit floor. Last-minute errands […]

Innovation and growth topped everyone’s agenda at the 2007 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. If there was any doubt as to the health of the business jet market, this show eradicated it. As always, AVweb‘s audio news team was on hand to get the biggest stories straight from the newsmakers themselves. […]

The Pratt & Whitney PW535E that will power Embraer’s new Phenom 300 light jet was successfully test-run and achieved its full thrust at 3,360 lbs. at PWC’s Longueil, Quebec facility, the company announced at NBAA this week. Company officials said the project is on time, and that will allow Embraer to maintain its development schedule […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos If there’s one thing we cay with certainty about the 2007 NBAA Convention and Trade Show, it’s this: Business aviation is healthy and keeping (very) busy. If you don’t believe us, check out these three exclusive videos we put together while gathering news reports for AVweb […]

NBAA President Ed Bolen and General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President Pete Bunce told members and media representatives Tuesday that the fight is far from over to ensure that user fees are not part of the FAA reauthorization package currently before Congress. The House of Representatives have passed a bill that rejects user fees and […]

Cirrus Design has chosen L-3 Communications to provide the avionics for its prototype single engine jet. The announcement was made at the National Business Aviation Association’s convention in Atlanta. L-3 calls the avionics package the SmartDeck and says it represents the “next generation” of flat panels. In addition to all the usual features found on […]

My recent columns about reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) have elicited some interesting questions from readers. Here are some questions I’ve been asked, along with my answers. Quarter-Century-Old Engines? Mike:I read with very great interest your latest article regarding operating engines beyond the recommended TBO. My personal observation is that many engines are needlessly overhauled way too […]