Flight Safety

Thursday, EAA finalized a one-time agreement with the FAA that will assure air traffic control services for the 2013 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in at a cost to EAA of nearly $450,000, but according to EAA Chairman Jack Pelton, “This isn’t over.” Pelton has described the FAA’s position as “holding AirVenture and GA hostage this year.” […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to watch on YouTube. Last month, nearly 8,000-hour ATP certificated pilot Dale Hemman posted to YouTube multiple views of his 2012 engine-out controlled crash in a Bonanza at Fairbanks, Alaska and, Wednesday, the NTSB released its probable cause […]

If you have any opinions about the FAA’s proposed revisions to the knowledge tests for private pilot and instrument rating, the FAA wants to hear them, but don’t delay — the comment period closes July 8. This is the second go-round after an initial comment period closed on May 24, just a few days after […]

Air shows will look a little different this year without the U.S. military presence, but they’re working hard to get you to come. What air shows are you planning to attend? (click to answer) Last Week’s Question: Results Want to see the current breakdown of responses? Take a moment to answer the question yourself, and […]

For over two years, Lockheed Martin has been investing heavily to develop new applications to bring to its Flight Services, seeking to create what it hopes will be a significantly more useful platform for pilots, but pilots are no longer the only direct users the company targets. According to Jim Derr, head of flight services, […]

Now that the iPad and tablet-type computers have become all but standard equipment in the cockpit, so are reports of their failures trickling in. I got a note from a former airplane partner last week reporting that a primary app on his tablet failed and wouldn’t restart, killing access to charts and approach plates. How […]

A New York state flight school owner says he’ll be forced to close at the end of June because of a new sales tax ruling that has already cost schools and individual aircraft owners thousands of dollars. Bob Miller, who owns Bob Miller Flight Training in Buffalo, said in an interview with AVweb he predicts […]

The FAA on Monday asked the world’s fuel producers to submit proposals for new fuels that could replace 100LL in the general aviation fleet by 2018, a move that GA advocacy groups greeted with enthusiasm. The FAA said it will assess each of the candidate fuels, taking into account production and distribution infrastructure, impact on […]

In the early ’70s in Orlando, an Aztec, N910JQ, would always ask for a straight in to Herndon. So we could say: “Nine ten Jack Queen has a possible straight.” Jim Woolfvia e-mail

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs “FBO of the Week” readers know the smallest things can make a big difference. AVweb reader Terry L. Martin provides the case study as he tells us about a recent visit to Signature Flight Support at Rochester International Airport (KRST) in Rochester, Minnesota: Very friendly faces and […]