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In the March 2007 issue of Aviation Consumer, the magazine flight tests the new turbonormalized Mooney Acclaim. In this related podcast, the company’s new CEO Dennis Ferguson talks about Mooney’s latest reorganization and how it plans to market its aircraft going forward. Duration: File Size: download here

LoPresti’s still-in-the-making – the factory’s not yet built – two-place retract Fury aircraft will sport an iPod for entertainment and flight data recording (but not “black box”) purposes, according to LoPresti’s vice president of operations R.J. Siegel. One unit is already in testing, and AVweb‘s Glenn Pew caught up with R.J. to find out how […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive There are two videos we receive (and stumble across) more often than any others on the web. Both videos are testaments to human ingenuity and technical achievement – and they never fail to raise a giggle when we see them. We’ve held them in reserve for a while, just in […]

Controllers at Dallas-Fort Worth International’s regional TRACON have been given a refresher after they denied an American Airlines 757 priority handling, despite the fact that the crew declared an emergency. Brought to you byBose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

The aviation associations have had much to say about the FAA’s user-fee proposal, but general aviation industry executives have so far been relatively quiet since the plan was announced last week. So AVweb caught up with Eclipse Aviation president and CEO Vern Raburn to get a manufacturer’s point of view on this red-hot topic. Brought […]

Young Eagle flights are commercial operations? The FAA February 13 published in the Federal Register a new Air Tour rule that introduces several elements that seem to target commercial operators, but provisions in the preamble appear to limit aircraft type, pilot qualifications, and frequency of flights for any pilot who may seek to frequently take […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Our latest “Video of the Week” is for those of who’d love to attend a hot air balloon race, but just couldn’t find the time in 2006. You’re in luck, because YouTube user tlapse has put together and incredible time-lapse video of the 2006 Reno Balloon Race launch ceremony – […]

Doc, the last remaining B-29 that might be restored to flight status is due Friday (February 16) to be pushed — unfinished — out of its hangar at McConnell Air Force Base and into the weather at Wichita. The project is almost a complete rebuild, with all-new parts that would give it, supporters believe, sustainability […]

In this week’s AVweb newscast, hear about the new air-tour rule, Honda setting up shop in North Carolina, the fight over bankrupt Symphony Aircraft’s intellectual property, ATC staffing levels, and more. Remember: In AVweb’s podcasts, you’ll hear things you won’t find anywhere else. Brought to you byBose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive This week’s video is an impressive slideshow of C-141s put together by Mike Novack of C-141 Heaven. The video celebrates the careers of 141s and (according to Mike’s blog) was put together after last May’s retirement ceremony for one of the last flying specimens. Set to the music of Johnny […]