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News for August 28, 2006A CRJ-200 crashed at Kentucky, killing 49 of 50 aboard; FAA updates controller hiring predictions; NTSB issues “urgent” recommendations for Beechjet; Orenda’s V-8 returns; FAA heads for paperless Airworthiness Directives; Meet the Cessna Stallion; Bader Airport will close; Scottsdale bans aerial commuting; and an Enflight founder passes. Listen to these stories […]

Get deep inside the aviation industry with aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia (Vice President, Analysis, Teal Group). Aboulafia speaks with AVweb on the state (and future) of the industry through topics ranging from pilot shortages to crowded skies and the role of the FAA – from VFR to charter operations to the business impact of terrorism […]

In today’s news: Tiger Aircraft faces more trouble. Sino Swearingen defends layoffs; USAF looks at Synthetic Fuels; the push for business aircraft to get extra scrutiny (from Canada); NASA’s software winner; ADS-B update; defending satellite radio weather; heliplane research; Twin Otter production; and Flugtag north of the border. Duration: File Size: download here

Travel overseas to learn why the Avro Vulcan, a four-engine, 110-foot delta-wing bomber, is seeking public help to fly again – and why one group believes it deserves to. Designed as a cold war deterrent (nuclear bomber), the aircraft was ultimately used in the Falkland Islands conflict. But the grace, size, sound, and agility of […]

News for August 14, 2006Bizjets and VLJs could benefit from the latest aviation-related terror scare; metal fatigue research may help predict failure; UAVs welcome in Alaska; Innodyn light-turbine update; landing distance order questioned; pilot fatigue still an issue; a new ultralight engine; CAP and the Mexican border; the Thunder Mustang comeback; and Public Benefit Flying […]

General Aviation Security.News this week out of Britain of a foiled terror plot targeting commercial aircraft again focussed the world’s attention on aviation security. This week, AVweb speaks with AOPA representative Chris Dancy about AOPA’s Airport Watch. The program serves dual purposes – to help keep us safe from terrorists and to help keep legislators […]

News for August 7, 2006: Where have all the pilots gone; airline pensions bill stirs controversy; the last flying B-29, FiFi needs help; Cessna takes tips from successful kit companies; NATCA is pushing a new bill to renew contract negotiations; balloon manufacturer falls; an aircraft joyrider was sentenced; and the EAA on AirVenture accident prevention. […]

B-29. They say there’s only one still flying and that it will take an estimated $3 million to keep it that way. Fifi, the living example of a pivotal character in events that changed the course of history, is the charge of the all-volunteer, non-profit Commemorative Air Force. The group is struggling to keep four […]

Rev engines? It’s lighter than a TIO-540, comparable in power, turbine-like, and (according to the company’s spokesman) an aircraft manufacturer is lined up. Hear the latest. Plus, Sport Pilot test pilot Jim Stewart was at the helm of the experimental Sport Jet when it cart-wheeled off the runway. Hear his story and future plans for […]

Podcast Index | How to Listen | Subscribe Via RSS Live from AirVenture, AVweb talks with the man who built a very capable airplane in 18 days. Marc Cook, editor of Kitplanes magazine, the first man to go through Glasair Aviation’s Two Weeks to Taxi builder’s program shares his experience. Then, preflight ADAM Aircraft‘s A500 […]