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Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Boeing has flown a manned aircraft on hydrogen fuel cell power – and while the announcement may seem to come out of the blue, Boeing has put the fuel cell-powered Diamond Dimona through its paces outside of Madrid, leaving behind only a trail of H2O exhaust. […]

They’re called “use taxes,” and Maine and Florida have adopted them as a new source of revenue. But are they legal? Maine tax lawyer Jon Block is defending eight aircraft owners against the levy in that state, and he told AVweb‘s Russ Niles he believes Maine’s application of the tax violates the U.S. Constitution. Duration: […]

Maneuvering flight continues to claim a disproportionate share of aircraft, pilots and their passengers each year. Learn what “maneuvering flight” really is, why it’s dangerous, and what you can do to avoid this kind of accident. Aviation Safety Editor-In-Chief Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside interviews AOPA Air Safety Foundation Executive Director Bruce Landsberg on maneuvering flight […]

Two pilots who were transiting a military operating area near Luke Air Force Base last week say they got the fright of their lives from an F-16 pilot who they say forced them to take evasive maneuvers to avoid what they thought was an imminent collision. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with Pilatus PC-12 pilot Patrick […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive We’d already picked out a really educational and visually stimulating movie clip as today’s “Video of the Week” – but then we remembered that the very same submitter, AVweb reader Michael King, had sent us an equally educational (but much more viscerally thrilling) video earlier in the week. The video […]

In a setback this week for airline passenger rights, The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a law pushed through the New York state legislature by CAPBOR (the Coalition for an Airline Passenger Bill of Rights) and sympathetic legislators. The court said the measure, while well-intentioned, interferes with federal laws governing the price, […]

Lightspeed’s new Zulu headset is being touted as serious competition for the Bose Headset X. But is it really? Aviation Consumer thinks so, but you can listen for yourself in this podcast interview with Lightspeed president Alan Shraeder, – complete with an actual cockpit demo in Aviation Consumer‘s Mooney 231. Duration: File Size: download here

In the April issue of Aviation Consumer magazine, look for a detailed analysis comparing diesel and avgas fuel economy. In this podcast, Aviation Consumer talked about aircraft fuel economy development with Marc Cook, editor of Kitplanes magazine, and with Brien Seely, president of the CAFE Foundation. (That’s Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency.) Duration: File Size: download […]

In defiance of all the lousy economic news of late, the business aircraft industry continues to boom. Teal Group Analyst Richard Aboulafia told AVweb‘s Russ Niles that it generally takes about two years for a downturn in the rest of the world to reach the business jet sector. In the meantime, the industry is booming. […]

As you read last week on AVweb, the Aviation Crime Prevention Institute has issued an All Points Bulletin to pilots/owners of Cessna singles and especially heavy haul Caravans, King Air models, and medium/heavy Cessna Cabin Class Twins to take measures to secure and guard their airplanes. Because the Mexican government is now seizing airplanes at […]