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Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Recounting one of the most impressive feats in recent aviation history, AVweb video editor Glenn Pew recalls the circumstances of the DHL A300 shot by a surface-to-air missile over Baghdad. The crew successfully landed the aircraft without the ability to manipulate any control surfaces. (Note: The […]

Election years are strange and perilous times for industries like aviation that have potentially game-changing legislation pending in Congress, and the Bush administration’s decision to recycle its general aviation user fee proposal this week as part of the 2009 budget has put aviation groups on high alert. AOPA’s Andy Cebula took AVweb‘s Russ Niles through […]

In case you’ve lost count, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wis. In this AVweb audio feature, EAA’s Dick Knapinski tells Mike Blakeney about some of the major 2008 events scheduled to celebrate a significant milestone for this one-of-a-kind world-class museum. Duration: File Size: download here

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive An AVweb reader pointed us in the direction of this week’s video as “a reminder of the days when it was fun to be an airline pilot.” The video is a compilation of footage shot by pilots, staff and support personnel on the last day of operations for Provincetown Boston […]

From an insurance perspective, the Light Sport Aircraft category is off to a rocky start. Early numbers suggest you’re about twice as likely to have an accident in your LSA than a certified aircraft, but insurance underwriter Avemco isn’t hitting the panic button. President Jim Lauerman spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles about what LSA pilots […]

While the crisis in the mortage markets has helped tank the housing industry, aircraft loan markets have been only indirectly affected, according to Mike Jacobs of First Prority Bank, a leading aircraft money lender. In this podcast with Aviation Consumer‘s Paul Bertorelli, Jacobs says high fuel prices have actually slowed activity more than high interest […]

If you have bought or sold a high-performance single or private corporate aircraft anytime in the last, say, half century or so, you might have run across Phillip Carrell. Phil just celebrated 50 years on the job at Flightcraft Inc., one of the largest providers of private and business aircraft services in the Pacific Northwest. […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive “That runway’s too short for anything to take off from!” — we’ve all heard the sentence, and maybe a few of us have even said it, but from now on, we’ll have to make a slight revision.  The next time you hear someone talking about a short take-off, feel free […]

Two Iraq War veterans, including one who flew the A-10 Warthog in battle supporting U.S. ground forces, are among the recent scholarship winners who will be returning to the cockpit with the help of Able Flight, the organization that uses aviation to transform the lives of people with disabilities. Charles Stites, founder and executive director […]

Although EFIS systems are supposed to fail less often than iron gyros, they do still fail. Cirrus expert instructor John Fiscus, of Kirkland, Washington’s Flight Academy, tells how he trains pilots to deal with PFD failures in glass-equipped airplanes. As with any other emergency, it requires a basic procedure, then drill, drill, drill. This podcast […]