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FlightPrep’s patent on online flight planning isn’t perfect, but it doesn’t have to be to fend off challenges. IFR editor and Aviation Consumer contributor Jeff Van West spoke with patent attorney and pilot Lionel Lavenue about how patents are generally a good thing and how difficult it might be for those fighting this one to […]

As a bonus, here’s a video by Russ Still from The Last Time, the largest gathering of DC-3s in recent memory held in Rock Falls, IL last July. Most of us can remember clearly what happened to us 32 years ago, and we’ve seen a lot in that time, there’s no doubt. Consider that it […]

When we first heard of FlightPrep’s successful patent of online flight planning a year ago, we figured it would eventually be big news. It’s now gathering some interest, and on Tuesday RunwayFinder announced it was shutting down its site because of a patent infringement lawsuit filed by FlightPrep. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with FlightPrep general […]

John Monnett talks with AVweb‘s Mary Grady about the Sonex electric airplane project, which recently flew for the first time. Duration: File Size: download here

In our third installment of an interview with EAA President Rod Hightower, we wanted to know what EAA is doing to ensure a steady stream of new pilots. As Hightower told AVweb‘s Russ Niles, new pilots come from the grass roots of aviation, including his own family. Duration: File Size: download here

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Everyone complains that light sport aircraft are too expensive, but Kitfox is doing something about it. AVweb recently went to Homedale, Idaho to try out Kitfox’s new moderately priced LSA. Here’s a full video report. (And here’s a link to last month’s podcast interview with Paul […]

EAA’s new president Rod Hightower says he has a lot to learn about his organization and the industry as a whole before he presides over his first AirVenture in 2011. He spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles in the second of three installments. Duration: File Size: download here

AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with new EAA President Rod Hightower recently about his first impressions of the organization and his short- and long-term goals. We begin our three-part series with a discussion about EAA’s place in general aviation. Duration: File Size: download here

Part of the push to eliminate tetraethyl lead avgas comes for the California-based environmental group Friends of the Earth. They’ve asked the EPA to examine lead emissions and declare a finding of endangerment as the first step in regulations that would eliminate lead as an octane enhancer. But thus far, FOE has only filed an […]

Capstone’s safety success in Alaska is often touted in discussions of ADS-B, but Alaskan pilot Jim Gibertoni says this is misleading at best. IFR magazine‘s Jeff Van West found out why he thinks the system will be useless for GA over much of Alaska. Duration: File Size: download here