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As Eclipse Aviation continues to struggle to make its production targets and other players in the very light jet market ramp up production to achieve their modest sales goals, aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia says the impact of the little jets on the overall industry is about what it can and should be. He told AVweb‘s […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive We’ve all seen some impressive aerobatics at air shows. Usually, there’s an F-15 doing rolls and making low passes to give the crowds a thrill, but how often have you seen those same tricks performed in the big iron – like, say for instance, an Airbus A310? Thanks to the […]

Although it’s been available for only about five years, it’s hard to recall when datalink weather wasn’t the standard equipment it seems to be. As part of ongoing coverage of weatherlink in its December 2007 issue, our sister publication, Aviation Consumer, interviewed Bob Baron, whose WxWorx service is the leading datalink provider. He tells the […]

IFR spoke with Charlie Richardson, a veteran controller and controllers’ instructor, about what happens when screens go dark at a major control center. Duration: File Size: download here

Last week’s Dubai Air Show may have been a turning point in commercial aviation history. Oil-rich Middle Eastern countries have apparently decided that they want to take the area’s historic role as crossroads of the world and give that a modern, aviation-centric context. Airlines there accounted for most of the hundred billion dollars in aircraft […]

As you may have read in Thursday’s AVwebFlash, the sands of time have buried an intact P-38 for more than 60 years since it was abandoned on a Welsh beach. Now named the Maid of Harlech (for a town near the beach), the Second World War fighter will soon be recovered and restored to original […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Thrills and chills never fail to rouse our Monday-morning “Video of the Week” audience, so here you go – a motorcycle jumping an airplane: Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. ‘Nuff said! Don’t forget […]

When Art Nalls saw a brief news item that the British Navy was retiring its Sea Harrier fleet, it got him thinking. Not long after, he was the owner of the world’s only privately-held vertical takeoff and landing military jet. Nalls spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles about the hoops he jumped through to bring the […]

It’s true! The next time you find yourself making a trip on a commuter airline, you may or may not find it comforting to know that the pilot in the right seat of your regional jet isn’t old enough to buy you a beer at the destination airport bar. AVweb‘s Mike Blakeney set out to […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive This week’s video came to us under the radar, and we were planning to save it for another week – but after you see it, we think you’ll agree that it’s hard to put out of your head. (Maybe especially so if you watched the History Channel’s Lost Worlds episode […]