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In the U.S., IFR flying may be all about radar vectors and ATC. But in Tanzania, it’s mostly self-reporting your position in uncontrolled airspace. Come hear how Flying Medical Service pilot Pat Patten flies hundreds of miles on dead reckoning, stays out of the worst of the thunderstorms, and avoids running into elephants on the […]

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association says the NTSB has made a big mistake in its early assessment of the midair collision between a Piper Saratoga and a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River on August 8. The NTSB declined detailed comment to AVweb, but Editor-in-Chief Russ Niles spoke with NATCA rep Ray Adams, who […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos At Edwards Air Force Base, they still test F-16 fighters, because each software upgrade and each new weapons package introduces new parameters. Experimental test pilots need to identify the aircraft’s performance limits, and they need to know how it will perform before their brothers- and sisters-in-arms […]

Eldon Corey‘s Let’s Fly program is a slightly different take on fractional ownership, and for some people it may be the simplest and least expensive way to get into an aircraft; for others, it might actually be a profitable way to own an aircraft. Corey says his business is taking off in the down economy, […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Obtained by NBC news, this video shot by an Italian tourist shows the moment of impact between a Piper Saratoga and a Eurocopter over the Hudson River. The accident killed all nine aboard the two aircraft. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive A British charity rowing team raced to the scene of a ditching by an Irish pilot in the Irish Sea Wednesday and were in the process of throwing him a line when a rescue helicopter arrived and winched him to safety. One of the rowers had a video camera with […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive The common lament among AVweb staff at EAA AirVenture is that we spend a full week at the show but it seems like we see hardly anything. Sure, we cover the news, interview lots of interesting people and make sure there’s a wide variety of video, podcasts, photos and written […]

Many pilots take for granted the idea that their FBO will always be there for them – or at least that their place on the airport is relatively secure – but that’s not always the case. At Hemet field in Southern California, the closing of an FBO may mean not only the demise of a […]

Tom Peghiny, just back from a long and exhausting week at AirVenture, talked with AVweb‘s Mary Grady about reaction to the Flightstar eSpyder ultralight, powered by a Yuneec electric motor, which he flew at Oshkosh. Plus conversation about how things are going at Flight Design, the future of electric flight, hybrid engines, and more. Related […]

Cirrus CEO Brent Wouters says there’s been a lot of reaction to former CEO Alan Klapmeier’s decision to suspend negotiations for acquisition of the Vision Jet program. Wouters told AVweb‘s Russ Niles that one of the results of Klapmeier’s announcement was interest from other investors in the jet program. Listen in for the details. This […]