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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 […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive AVweb reader Jim Lin sent us this week’s video clip, along with a note that the original YouTube description (which calls this a takeoff error and blames it on an unreleased strap) may be a misreading of what we’re actually seeing: Here’s a video of a scary helicopter incident at […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos The Lockheed U-2 has been in service for over 50 years. It has been at the center of some of the most tense moments in America’s history. AVweb‘s Glenn Pew takes you inside the cockpit on a guided tour with an active U-2 pilot. Don’t see […]

The FAA is proposing changes to the rules governing homebuilt aircraft, some of which are raising concerns about the future of this time-honored niche of general aviation. The Experimental Aircraft Association has stated publicly that it opposes the changes, which would make it more difficult for homebuilders to comply with the “51% rule.” Earlier this […]

Cirrus Design has always said it’s trying to change the way people think about owning airplanes, and its latest announcement will undoubtedly raise the stakes in the high-end piston market. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with Cirrus’s new Chief Operating Officer Brent Wouters about the company’s new maintenance coverage plan and some other developments in Duluth. […]