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Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive We’ve checked in on the Glenn Curtiss Museum‘s “Project America” before, but angelica4709 keeps posting updates on YouTube, and while we’re still waiting (anxiously) to see the new America get into the air, she’s out and about on the water now: Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and […]

The streets seem like they’re paved with gold for the aerospace industry, but are there any speedbumps looming? Will Alibrandi is an analyst for Forecast International, a major market intelligence firm focusing on aerospace and defense. He spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles on the future prospects of the industry and the role of the major […]

Why is it that some of us fly better 360 turns to the left, while others ace the right-side turn? And why do some of us prefer a right crosswind, while others do better with one from the left? In this sample from Belvoir’s Pilot’s Audio Update, Paul Berge argues that it has everything to […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb | Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos When we first saw the photo of Capt. Chris Stricklin’s ejection from a doomed U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 a few years ago, most of us here at AVweb thought it was a fake. But the more we looked at it, the more it seemed […]

“If we don’t have our dreams, we have nothing” – that’s a quote from the recent Polish brothers movie The Astronaut Farmer, staring Billy Bob Thornton and Virginia Madsen. But if you thought that “dream” was simply too large for a private citizen to really consider, think again! AVweb‘s Mike Blakeney introduces you to Craig […]

No more than any other airplane, according to Suburban Air Freight’s Geoffrey Gallup. Aviation Safety magazine’s Jeb Burnside interviewed Gallup to learn more about recent attention directed at the Caravan. The January issue of Aviation Safety features an in-depth article on how Cessna, the industry, and the FAA worked together to better understand how to […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Ring in 2008 with a musical melody and a little fun on the runway, courtesy of Chesapeake Sport Pilot‘s Helen Woods. (Experienced CFIs, take note of that link – they’re hiring!) In case you’re wondering whether these musical antics are appropriate, we should point out that the, er “stylings” shown […]

When Steve Fossett disappeared on a flight in Nevada in September, tens of thousands of people, many of them AVweb readers, joined the search via Amazon.com’s Mechanical Turk, a program that allows anyone with an internet connection to view satellite imagery of the search area. A few of those volunteers continued their efforts for months, […]

Usually it’s because the owner or operator let them discharge too deeply or too often, according to Concorde’s Skip Koss, who discussed battery technology and longevity with Aviation Consumer‘s Paul Bertorelli. In its January issue, the magazine features an in-depth comparison of aircraft batteries, with some surprising results. Duration: File Size: download here

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Here’s a little air show fun to spice up your holiday week, straight from the e-mail of AVweb reader Robert Reid, who (accurately) describes the clip as “short, crystal clear, [featuring] amazing photography, and fun to watch”: Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that […]