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[AVweb‘s reprint of Dick’s memoir began with the Introduction.] In late February 1959, having fulfilled my commitment of four years of active duty in the Air Force, we headed north from Tampa, bound for Akron, Ohio, and a major change in lifestyle from military to civilian. We were excited to get home and begin again, […]

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 […]

AVweb attended the 38th annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida from March 27 to April 1, 2012 – and brought back an assortment of news and interviews. Click here for a handy index to all our coverage from the show, including podcasts, videos, and blogs.

With the 75th anniversary of the Piper Cub upon us, there were lots of good Cub stories around Sun ‘n Fun this year. One of our favorites, as described in this podcast with Bob Jones, is a 1946 J-3 that became a member of Jones’ family for several generations. Jones’ father was a duster pilot […]

Any taildragger pilot who’s jammed a landing — and that’s basically all of them — will tell you that nailing three-point landings without a bounce takes practice and sometimes even that’s not enough. But in the latest version of its popular utility aircraft, the Husky A1C on display at Lakeland, Aviat has added a nice […]

Deltahawk, the Wisconsin engine development company, continues to close in on its long-awaited goal of a workable four-cylinder aerodiesel engine. According to the company’s CEO, Dennis Webb, whom AVweb interviewed at Sun ‘n Fun, several companies (and the military) have test engines and programs in various states of progress, including a Cirrus SR20 test bed […]

Piper’s new CEO, Simon Caldecott, says the company has had a good year in 2012 so far and looking ahead for the rest of the year and to 2013, it sees the training market as a big driver. “One of the things we’re going to do is to get back into the training market in […]

Amanda Younkin Franklin died from injuries she sustained in a crash with her husband Kyle Franklin nearly one year ago, and at the 2012 Sun ‘n Fun fly-in we had the opportunity to ask Kyle how he’s doing. Kyle was at the back of the airshow performers’ hangar when AVweb‘s Glenn Pew found him. The […]

At Sun ‘n Fun this week, Sporty’s Pilot Shop introduced Stratus, the first completely wire-free weather receiver for the iPad. The small $799 device streams information from GPS and ADS-B with no monthly subscription costs. The unit collects NEXRAD radar, text weather, TFRs and aircraft position, and wirelessly streams that data to the popular ForeFlight […]