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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

Michael Roberts is a professional pilot who refused to submit to a TSA full-body scan, or pat down, complicating things for himself and his employer, and bringing a direct Fourth Amendment challenge to the authority of the TSA that he now plans to resolve in court. AVweb spoke to Roberts and asked why he did […]

One of at least two proposed alternatives to 100LL is grinding through the approval process. Swift’s Jon Ziulkowski updated AVweb‘s Russ Niles at AOPA Summit last Friday. Duration: File Size: download here

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Jeppesen and Flyvie may revolutionize the way student pilots learn to fly (and the way flight instructors approach flight training) by making actual flight lessons recordable, portable, and reviewable on the ground at the flight school, at home, and almost anywhere. Learn more at Flyvie.com. Don’t […]

Lycoming Senior VP Mike Kraft spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles about a presentation by EPA representative Glenn Passavant at AOPA Summit in Long Beach, California. Related Content: This podcast is brought to you by Ultra Electronics’ Flightline Auracle and WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather. Duration: File Size: download here