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Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb | Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos When Rotax introduced its high-tech 912iS a year ago, it claimed that the engine would be about 20 percent more fuel efficient than previous 100hp models. But new testing done by the company last year reveals that those claims fell short of the engine’s actual […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Angel Flight West arranges free flights for people with chronic medical conditions are urgent needs when traditional forms of transportation are unavailable or cost prohibitive. This specific organization is active in the western United States. They’re always looking for volunteer pilots to fill the ranks because […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Bendix/King is moving its myWingman app into Europe with new charting features for both Europe and for the U.S. At Aero, AVweb caught up with Jeff Simon for a briefing on new features. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos At Aero in Friedrichshafen last week, the Italian planemaker Tecnam introduced two new models. AVweb was there to report on it. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to watch on YouTube

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos At the 7th annual CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium in Santa Rosa, California, Tine Tomazic of Pipistrel summarized the new and emerging projects the company is working on to promote hybrid and electric flight. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos For years, we’ve been wondering when someone would get around to producing data-driven charts — that is, a portable or a panel mount that renders charts not from an enhanced PDF but from a database of coordinates it uses to draw the basic map graphics. Now […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Although some may consider it a smugmobile, Mercedes’s diminutive SmartCar has gained a worldwide following and a market. The European version has a nifty three-cylinder diesel with impressive fuel specifics that a company called FlyEco has adapted for aircraft use. The engine has all the usual […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos At Aero 2013, Tecnam seems to be pulling out all of the stops, introducing two new LSAs — one aerobatic — and showing off the highly refined P-2010, which might best be thought of as a reimagined Cessna 172 that’s faster and carries more than the […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos When Pipistrel displayed the innovative Panthera retractable at Aero in Friedrichshafen last year, it was the hit of the show. And now they’ve flown in the test article in a 90-minute hop over the Alps, and showgoers are crawling over the thing like ants. Pipistrel is […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos At Aero 2013, FK Lightplanes pulled the cover off a show stealer: a 70% scale Mustang ultralight and LSA. Molded of carbon fiber, the aircraft is true to the original, right down to the dimples in the rivet lines. AVweb‘s Paul Bertorelli took a tour of […]