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Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive With fire-fighting season upon us, we’d like to call your attention to the amazing heavy water bombers that turn the tide of so many forest fire battles in North America each year. This week’s clip comes to us from the folks at Dryden Regional Airport in Ontario, Canada. Take a […]

Pogo Jet President Cameron Burr spoke with AVweb Editor-in-Chief Chad Trautvetter earlier this week at the Business Models for VLJs and Light Jets Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. Duration: File Size: download here

Retired TWA captain and renowned radar lecturer Dave Gwinn chats with Glenn Pew about the importance (and limitations) or radar in the IFR system. You may be surprised at what you can learn from Gwinn if you spend a few minutes with him … . Duration: File Size: download here

Last week, Lockheed Martin began final implementation of its new flight services system in the Washington area, and it didn’t go exactly according to plan. There were dropped flight plans and a lot of frustrated pilots who suddenly found themselves dealing with briefers who didn’t understand the procedures for flying in the restricted airspace around […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Glenn Pew speaks with Cessna vice president of propeller aircraft sales, John Doman, about the company’s Next Generation Piston proof-of-concept (NGP POC) aircraft. 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.

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Man’s best friend is the dog, but the electric companies’ best friend may well be the helicopter. Last week, we saw how helicopters do thankless jobs like tree-trimming around power lines. This week, let’s take a look at some other (pretty impressive) line maintenance that could only be done with […]

Teal Group Vice President of Analysis Richard Aboulafia is widely regarded for his insight into the civil and military aerospace markets. The Fairfax, Virginia-based firm released his latest 10-year forecast for very light jets and business aircraft this week, and Aboulafia speaks with AVweb about his prognostications. Duration: File Size: download here

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Commemorative Air Force, and AVweb‘s Russ Niles caught up with Kay Crites, the Public Relations director of the group, to find out about the special events they have planned. Duration: File Size: download here

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive “Ever wonder how they trim the trees around power lines?” That’s the question YouTube user daveyonce answers for us in this week’s video clip: 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. Don’t forget to send […]

AVweb Contributing Editor Mary Grady sat down with Thierry Pouille of Air Journey at the recent Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In to find out more about the fully-guided tours that the company arranges for general aviation airplane pilots. Duration: File Size: download here