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Operators of unmanned aerial systems now can submit their flight plans online, and those operations will be displayed graphically to general aviation pilots when they file their flight plans, Lockheed Martin said on Monday. “Our objective is an open, standards-based system that individual operators and other private UTM [UAS traffic management] systems can use to […]

Lockheed Martin Flight Services is stepping up UAS awareness with its recently introduced unmanned traffic management (UTM) service. Aimed at increasing situational awareness when it comes to sharing the airspace with commercial drone operations, UTM includes an evolving set of functions and services — including a simplified and automated UAS NOTAM filing process, online graphics […]

The Commemorative Air Force continued its aggressive fundraising campaign to restore That’s All, Brother, the C-47 that led the D-Day invasion. The historic aircraft, on display this week at AirVenture, drew continuous crowds of visitors who wanted the chance to take a peek inside and learn more about its history. view on YouTube

At AirVenture, the Military Aviation Museum of Virginia Beach brought a real treat: a superbly restored de Havilland Mosquito. In this exclusive AVweb AirVenture video, Paul Bertorelli took a cockpit tour with pilot Mike Spalding and interviewed Warren Denholm on the restoration. view on YouTube

Many vintage and even newer BendixKing autopilots require the pricey vacuum-driven mechanical KI-256 attitude gyro, which can be real money to overhaul or replace. BendixKing has a modern alternative with the KI-300 solid-state, MEMS-based digital attitude display. In this video, Aviation Consumereditor Larry Anglisano takes a look at the instrument with BendixKing’s Roger Dykeman while […]

In this video, AVweb intern Ashley Anglisano shows you some of the excitement she captured while wandering the grounds at AirVenture 2015 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. view on YouTube

At AirVenture Oshkosh this year, volunteer pilots helped test-fly a simulator connected to a new GA version of NASA’s automatic ground-collision avoidance system cellphone app. The space agency hopes releasing this technology to all pilots will prevent future CFITs. view on YouTube

In tightly knit pilot communities, an accident often has profound effects on the group because most people in it know the accident pilot. That was definitely the case with the Larry Glazer TBM accident in 2014, in which the pilot became unresponsive, apparently due to hypoxia, and overflew his destination, crashing at sea near Jamaica. […]

As the world’s largest democracy and free market, India may become a fertile place to expand general aviation. And according to S. P. Shukla, head of Mahindra’s aerospace division, it’s already happening. In this AVweb podcast, Shukla said Mahindra’s acquisition of Airvan will allow the company to expand GA both to the personally owned aircraft […]