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Before there was X-plane and powerful processors to make FAA-compliant desktop simulators not just a thing but indispensable, there was Microsoft Flight Simulator. I first saw it around 1988, I guess, looking over the shoulder of a fellow flight instructor who said, “Hey, check this out. The instruments actually work.” It wasn’t much of a […]

It’s a gyroplane, not a gyrocopter and it’s nothing at all like a helicopter. In this video, AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli explains what’s involved in getting a gyroplane add-on rating or even starting from scratch. Whatever the hell you call them, gyroplanes are a ton of fun to fly. This video was shot at Blades Over […]

Colorado-based Steve Zimmermann is an exceptionally talented photographer with an unusual focus. He likes to shoot captivating subjects on the ground as well as in the air. The Mountain West abounds with opportunities for stunning imagery. In this AVweb profile, Paul Bertorelli finds out how Zimmermann does it. Music courtesy of www.bensound.com

I have a sort of personal, intimate  relationship with the B-29 and the engines that powered them, the Wright R-3350s depicted in this week’s video. It’s one of those classic wartime promo films produced in the hundreds, but this one is from the Dodge motor company’s PR department. It’s one of the most amazing films of […]

This week’s Best of the Web video comes from Eli van W and is a nicely shot piece on an airline Twin Otter being landed and taken off from a 1300-foot runway on the island of Saba. For orientation, Saba is in the Dutch Antilles in same archipelago as Sint Maarten and St. Kitts and […]