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Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive This week’s video (from LiveLeak.com) puts you at the controls of the P-51 Mustang Crazy Horse, complete with CFI walking you through the landing procedure. A big thanks to AVweb reader Robert Reid, who brought this to our attention. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this […]

AVweb Managing Editor Meredith Saini was on-hand for this year’s National Aeronautic Association Awards Luncheon in Arlington, Virginia. In this exclusive audio interview, she speaks with NAA chairman Walter J. Boyne about ADS-B technology (the winner of the 2008 Robert J. Collier Trophy) and with Gary Hendricks, the pilot of a Cherokee 140 who set […]

Starting June 5 there will be almost twice as much room for aircraft traveling the busy north-south oceanic corridor off the east coast of the U.S. FAA Oceanic Procedures Specialist Scott Luka explains to AVweb‘s Russ Niles how technology already on board most business jets and airliners is allowing for closer separation in that area. […]

If your “bucket list” includes an international trip over water to an exotic destination in your own airplane, then you need to hear this AVweb podcast. The very popular Cayman Caravan was just recently revived by Caribbean Flying Adventures as the “Cayman Islands Fly-In.” They just completed their first trip, involving 16 planes ranging from […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Maybe we have a soft spot for videos that make us a little nervous, but today’s “Video of the Week” selection (courtesy of AVweb reader Peter Snoeckx made us sit up and take notice. There’s a happy ending, but this Swiss Air pilot has clearly had better days. In his […]

While only about 5% of all pilots in the U.S. fly helicopters, the men and women who do it for a living represent a truly a unique breed of aviator. They’re out there in all kinds of weather, transporting sick and injured people to the hospital, landing on floating oil rigs, hovering over accident scenes […]

Although the Apollo astronauts got most of the glory, NASA’s unsung flight controllers came into their own on Apollo 13, when an oxygen tank exploded and disabled the spacecraft on the way to the moon. Sy Liebergot, a Cal State-trained engineer, was lead EECOM (electrical, environmental, consumables) on that mission and in this detailed podcast, […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Today’s “Video of the Week” comes from AVweb readers Scott Ross and Chuck Jansen. After Chuck lost an engine in his Arrow, the two recreated the frightening experience in video, using a flight-simulator and radar screens to show what happened and mixing in audio from the ATC tower and a […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Dassault has introduced a jet that changes the playing field for business jet manufacturers, operators and pilots. That jet is the $40 million Falcon 7X. In this exclusive video, AVweb video editor Glenn Pew takes us inside the Falcon 7X. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling […]

Every day across America, thousands of GA pilots provide at no charge their airplanes, fuel and time to volunteer pilot organizations (VPOs). These compassion flights provide free transportation for patients needing specialized care not available in their local area. VPOs were invaluable during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, bringing in precious supplies and reuniting families […]