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Last week, my various inboxes filled up with links to the video posted here, attached to the question, “have you seen this?” How could I not? Shortly after it was posted, it rocketed around the skydiving village like a rubber check in a tile bathroom. I spent a couple of days last week doing intensive […]

In that grand tradition of American capitalism, airlines and airplane makers have spared no effort in marketing films about the wonders of modern airline travel. One of the most ambitious was this promo produced for Pan Am’s Clipper service with the then-new Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. We clipped it from the Classic Airliners channel. As it […]

Every pilot likes to assume a certain immunity from stalls and the confidence is not misplaced. Nonetheless, stalls continue to account for many accidents and in this video—complete with dancing graphics and flapping birds—AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli describes how he blundered into an incipient stall for the simple reason of not paying attention to the business […]

There’s a reason why the Cessna Citation Excel is in demand on the current used mid-sized business jet market. It’s reliable and has good performance and a comfortable cabin. But many aging Excels are in need of avionics, interior and paint upgrades. As a result, three high-level retired Cessna executives started Citation Partners—a company that […]

At NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas, Honeywell was showing off its Anthem cockpit display system. While most of the digital flight decks offer limited customization, the Anthem system is flexible enough to allow extensive display customization, to include controllers from other manufacturers. In addition to eye-popping graphics, the Anthem display offers a massive moving map option […]

Textron Aviation recently unveiled its next-generation Citation models with the M2 Gen2 and XLS Gen2. AVweb took a look at the cabin-focused updates on the aircraft at the 2021 National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas.