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.
Garmin Smart Glide Debuts At AirVenture
Autonomi is Garmin’s smart autonomous tech for GA airplanes and among other features includes emergency Autoland, and now a trickle-down feature called Smart Glide. During an engine power loss, Smart Glide is designed to navigate to the most suitable airfield after the pilot activates the function with a panel-mounted switch or with the Direct-To button […]
Cirrus Vision Jet G2+ Flight Demo
As it has with its SR piston line, Cirrus Aircraft has been making incremental upgrades to its SF-50 Vision Jet, which include the Safe Return emergency landing system and autothrottle. Ahead of AirVenture 2021, the company announced the Vision Jet G2+. It has more takeoff thrust, which puts shorter runways in the flight profile, plus […]
Avidyne Brings New Displays To AirVenture
Avidyne has been quietly working on its next-generation flight displays it calls Vantage, which is a suite of 12.5-inch hybrid touch PFD and MFD screens. These are intended to replace—via STC—the Entegra displays in early-gen Cirrus models. It won’t be selling them until sometime in 2022, but it’s showing them at AirVenture 2021 at Oshkosh. […]
CubCrafters NXCub: World’s Best Flying Ugly Airplane
Five years ago, CubCrafters introduced the most sophisticated taildragger ever, the XCub. Now they’ve followed it up with a nosewheel version of the airplane called the NXCub and although AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli is a tailwheel kinda guy, in this detailed video review he explains the not-so-obvious reason why the NX could be a better backcountry […]
Video: The Remarkable NASA Career Of KITPLANES’ Paul Dye
Paul Dye, a veteran aircraft builder and Editor at Large for our sister publication, KITPLANES, recently published a book on his long career as a NASA senior flight director. Dye was featured on the CBS This Morning: Saturday in this interview and profile. His NASA career spanned the entire Space Shuttle program and much of […]
Best Of The Web: When Yeager Wasn’t Famous
Famed test pilot Chuck Yeager was a household name through much of his career. But not always. In his first book, “Across the High Frontier,” Yeager said his work during the X-1 project to exceed Mach 1 gave flight test pilots a profile—and respect—they never enjoyed before that. In 1949, he became instantly famous when […]
