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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 […]

Just flying around New York City is stressful enough, so you shouldn’t have to worry about what to do after you land. IFR editor Jeff Van West talks with New York airspace veteran and flight instructor Bob Miller about how to plan your trip to the Big Apple, where to land, and how to get […]

With the frustration of delays and flight cancellations in the airline industry hitting new heights, the various styles of private aircraft service providers are enjoying record business. One of the fastest growing is XO Jet, and the company’s chief strategy officer Nick Solinger says it’s all part of a natural market evolution. He explained his […]

With Diamond and Cessna onboard, the German-based Thielert Group dominates the aerodiesel market. But Teledyne-Continental would like to change this and has announced its intention to aggressively develop its own heavy fuel or Jet A engine for certification, possibly as early as 2009. In this detailed podcast, TCM’s Rhett Ross tells Aviation Consumer editor Paul […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive A couple of weeks ago, we ran a pretty impressive video of some Alaskan pilots doing short-runway take-offs. This week, we offer up something that can only be described as the opposite – a Russian Ilyushin IL76 freighter making the most of a runway that seems nail-bitingly short in this […]

This month’s IFR Refresher Quiz deals with 49 CFR NTSB Part 830, which defines a pilot’s responsibilities for reporting an aircraft accident or incident. IFR Refresher‘s Meredith Saini speaks with Ben Berman, former chief of major aviation investigations at the National Transportation Safety Board, about the things pilots should keep in mind after an event […]

Last month, AVweb‘s Meredith Saini sat down with Cirrus Design co-founder Dale Klapmeier at the company’s Duluth, Minnesota customer lounge to discuss the Cirrus strategy toward recruitment and sales. This week, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association released its annual aircraft shipment report, which showed that Cirrus delivered more of its SR20 and SR22 single-engine piston […]

First-class equipment, training, and maintenance have made business aviation the safest aviation sector. So where do we go from here? Swift Aviation Group in Phoenix has become one of a handful of charter companies to take its safety posture to the next level by adopting the FAA’s Aviation Action Safety Program, in which ongoing safety-related […]

In addition to being a former editor of Belvoir Media’s IFR magazine, Paul Berge has done time as an air traffic controller. Listen in as Paul regales current IFR editor Jeff van West with tales of the thrills and dangers of ATC. Can’t get enough of Paul Berge? You’ll find more in his audio series […]

Imagine you could wave a magic wand and instantly add a few thousand new controllers, a fully operational national ADS-B system, and plenty of extra user fees. The air traffic control system will still be seriously broken. At least, that’s the opinion of Michael Nolan, a professor of aviation technology and director of Purdue’s air […]