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Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Stability is a good thing … except when it isn’t. Nearly all general aviation aircraft are inherently stable, which makes them, in the words of military experimental test pilot Desmond “Deuce” Brophy, “God-fearing aircraft.” But the fighter jets Brophy flies and tests are a little different. […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos The Austro aerodiesel, based on the Mercedes-Benz A-class sedan automotive engine, is now certified in the U.S. and Europe. As part of AVweb‘s flight trial of the new DA42 NG, we did a detailed video tour of the engine. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos With its new Austro engines, the new DA42 NG is a strong performer and a bit more economical than the previous version of this aircraft. AVweb editorial director Paul Bertorelli took a spin in one last month, and here’s his report. Don’t see a video screen?Try […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Sons of Maxwell front man Dave Carroll is back in the spotlight with a follow-up to his “United Breaks Guitars” music video. Carroll made news back in July with a YouTube video describing how United Airlines had failed to help him make good on a $3,500 Taylor guitar damaged during […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Another YouTube star is born. This time, it’s a runway overshoot on St. Barthlemy’s notoriously short runway 10/28. Several readers drew our attention to this video, and we’ve done an analysis on what went wrong. St. Bart’s is short, all right, but really not that different […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos At an air show, an old Handley Page Victor bomber was supposed to do a taxiby photo op. Instead, it took off. The explanation? The co-pilot accidentally firewalled the throttles. Really? You be the judge. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos With only two left flying, the Avro Lancaster is among the rarest of the rare of World War II aircraft. AVweb recently toured one when it appeared at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive The pilot and backseater aboard a Belarussian Su-27 fighter died Sunday when the aircraft failed to recover from loop at an air show in Radom, Poland. A bird strike is being reported as a factor in the crash, but so far there is no explanation as to why the crew […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive There’s been nothing written (that we can find, anyway) about an accident involving the New Standard biplane used for giving rides at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, but this video, posted on YouTube about 10 days ago, tells quite a tale. According to the reader who sent us the YouTube link, the […]

Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos At Edwards Air Force Base, they still test F-16 fighters, because each software upgrade and each new weapons package introduces new parameters. Experimental test pilots need to identify the aircraft’s performance limits, and they need to know how it will perform before their brothers- and sisters-in-arms […]