Multimedia
AVweb’s Multimedia section offers a rich collection of aviation-focused content, including videos, podcasts, photo galleries, and more. From in-depth analyses of aircraft systems to engaging pilot interviews and captivating flight footage, this section provides valuable insights and entertainment for aviation enthusiasts and professionals alike. Stay updated with the latest in aviation through our diverse multimedia offerings.
Best Of The Web: Why Wingsuits Are Flight As Pure As It Gets
I think most people have a recurring dream or two. One of mine is that I’m able to fly by simply extending my arms and summoning some sort of mysterious force to levitate myself into flight. In my dreamy state, I always seem to conclude that mankind has always had this ability, it just took […]
2022: The Year in Pictures
Over the course of a typical news year, AVweb readers send us thousands of photos of airplanes, flight operations and airshows. Here’s a compendium of the best from the 2022 haul. And speaking of best, we wish all our reader and viewers a happy, safe and prosperous 2023.
Apollo 8 Remembered
When Time placed Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders on its cover as Men of the Year, it soon followed that the crew and the mission itself saved 1968 on that astonishing Christmas Eve 54 years ago. The mission itself had been a bold decision, leapfrogging several plodding test flights and […]
NASA Retires 747 SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Before there was a James Webb Space Telescope, there was a SOFIA—Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy. This ambitious project, launched in 2010, consisted of a 2.5 meter infrared telescope mounted in the back of a repurposed Boeing 747SP. SOFIA flew its last mission in September 2022 and last week, NASA flew the aircraft to Arizona, […]
Best Of The Web: A Tour Of The Orion Capsule
Fresh from its 25-day successful mission around the moon, the Orion spacecraft’s maiden voyage apparently went off without a hitch. In addition to systems tests, the mission was also supposed to prove the vehicle’s heat shield technology. In this short video, www.space.com offers a short tour of the inside of Orion. Although its outward appearance […]
