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Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos How do you get a 25,000-pound DC-3 out of a muddy airport infleld? With shovels, nylon webbing, a tractor and a lot of head-scratching. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly.

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Russ Niles files the first report from his grand DC-3 tour of America with Dan Gryder and the band. They got rained in at Litchfield, Illinois. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the […]

AVweb and Verizon Wireless are taking readers where they’ve never been before – to the cockpit of the Herpa DC-3 in flight through America’s heartland. What’s more, it’ll be interactive. Text us at (678) 371-6293 (or just use the form below) and we’ll answer your questions live through the headset audio that will play along […]

IFR magazine editor Jeff Van West goes behind the scenes and talks to some of the controllers who won Archie awards this year for helping save pilots’ lives. It turns out that success boils down to one word: teamwork. For those of you who may have been looking for this podcast last month, we apologize. […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos At Edwards Air Force Base, AVweb‘s Glenn Pew had the chance to take a quick look around the cockpit of an F-16 Viper – F-16 folks never use the official name of “Fighting Falcon” – courtesy of military test pilot Desmond Brophy. If you’re wondering what […]

While it’s not unheard of, it’s not every day the FAA withdraws a proposed rule, especially one that was 20 years in the making – but it happened last week. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with Ric Peri of the Aircraft Electronics Association about the complexities of bringing repair station ratings and certificates into a modern […]

Miles O’Brien, a Cirrus pilot, covered aviation and space for CNN for 16 years until his job was downsized last December. Since then, he’s been finding new ways to bring stories about flight to a broad audience. He talks with AVweb‘s Mary Grady about his trip to Africa with Patty Wagstaff to film her work […]

AVweb recently visited Robinson Helicopter’s Torrance, California plant. Although sales are slow, the factory is buzzing with activity, including work on the new R66 turbine. Frank Robinson gave us an update in this podcast. Duration: File Size: download here

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Almost. In this post-Sun ‘n Fun video, AVweb reports that the Mustang’s control forces and basic systems are so close to those of a heavy single or light twin that any moderately experienced pilot should be able to check out in it without breaking a sweat. […]

It’s a lesson that every new flight student learns, and it’s one that 23,000-hour aviation icon Sean Tucker learned again last Sunday. The legendary aerobatic pilot tells AVweb‘s Russ Niles why he’ll never fly again without first dipping the fuel tanks. Duration: File Size: download here