Podcast

Lycoming faces a crankshaft lawsuit. Hear AVweb‘s interview with Robert Mills, representing a class action suit against Lycoming for crankshafts the company would have replaced at each owner’s expense. Mills, an aircraft owner himself, offers details of the legal history regarding Lycoming’s crankshaft problems and what affected owners might expect as this case moves forward. […]

In today’s AVweb podcast, Russ Niles talks with Jim Lauerman, Chief Underwriting Officer at Avemco Insurance Agency. Between expensive maintenance and rising fuel prices, today’s pilots never seem to catch a break. Find out how Avemco aims to keep insurance premiums low by attacking the problem at its source – with training seminars, continuing education, […]

In today’s news: The FAA chooses Labor Day to impose work rules on controllers; controller staffing takes center stage; the push for ADS-B; light sport for the Ronald McDonald House; emergency AD for Beech 1900; the first production Seawind flies; Avemco offers a training incentive; a pilot is locked out of the cockpit; and NASA […]

Comair 5191. An interview with John Goglia, professor of aerospace science at St. Louis University, veteran crash investigator, and former member of the NTSB. Hear Goglia’s thoughts on staffing, controller and pilot responsibilities, policy, politics, and speculation surrounding the recent Comair crash in Kentucky. Duration: File Size: download here

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 […]