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An occupational hazard of being a journalist is that you’re occasionally-wittingly or unwittingly-a shill for some product, a service, an organization…you name it. One reason for this is that much of what we do on AVweb is bulletin reporting. By that, I mean if a development happens or someone says something, we report it straight […]

If you’ve been reading our news columns or watching the national news, you’re probably aware we had another beach landing in Florida earlier this week. It was Pitts that went into the water off Sarasota’s Siesta Key. No injuries, but the airplane is probably toast. Recall that in late July, just as AirVenture was starting, […]

Here at AVweb, there are certain kinds of stories we have trouble with. By trouble, I mean deciding what to do with them, how to play them or even to run them at all. Aviation lawsuits are an example. We usually ignore these. Some crash stories are hard to place and record attempts and promotional […]

Thanks to AVWeb for supplying the opportunity for EAA’s guest blog posting about the new FAA hangar-use policy. Anytime we can work together to bring more knowledge and information to aviators, the better it is for all of us. AVweb’s “Hangar Policy Lunacy” editorial last Friday makes the point exactly right: None of us are […]

Sometimes, I’m glad our readers are paying attention because I’m not sure we always are. By “we,” I mean the editorial we; the crack, watchdog aviation press. Specifically, I’m referring to the FAA’s hangar policy toward homebuilding that escaped the Level 4 bio containment last week and never should have. It set the AVweb (and […]

My wife keeps a detailed diary of her daily life, but I lack the discipline so I’m guessing about how many times I’ve been to Oshkosh. I think it’s 27 years or thereabouts. For me, personally, this year’s show was among the most interesting, vibrant and energetic. I finished up on Sunday morning exhausted, but […]

I don’t have good enough sales and price data to precisely say whether $130,000 is the median or the average price of a new LSA, but many of the most popular models sell in that range. This causes the standard autonomic reaction that insists that the people who sell these airplanes have become detached from […]

As we careen around AirVenture in our obnoxious green newsteam shirts, were often approached by readers with the question: whats the big thing at the show? My answer is I havent seen any one big thing, although the energy level I mentioned in yesterdays blog is often remarked upon. Things were jumping on Wednesday. Even […]

With the new aircraft market seemingly in semi-permanent stasis, Cessna surprised us at AirVenture with the announcement of a diesel-powered Skyhawk, the Turbo Skyhawk JT-A. The new model presumably complements the 182 JT-A thats been struggling through certification for more than two years. Cessna says the Skylane is close to completing the final hoops, something […]

Historys most successful entrepreneurs are often said to be people who invent things people didnt know they wanted. MVP Aero apparently figures theres a burning interest for a combination flying fishing boat, RV and light sport aircraft and thats exactly what they introduced at AirVenture on Sunday afternoon, the day ahead of official opening day. […]