Video of the Week

The Piper Navajo is a workhorse in the world of piston twins, and Mike Jones Aircraft in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has a rather thorough refurb program called the Lock & Key Navajo. Aviation Consumer’s Larry Anglisano took a close look at one of the latest Lock & Key refurbs at Sun ‘n Fun 2022 in Lakeland, […]

Sun ‘n Fun 2022 opens up on Tuesday, April 5. In this pre-show opener, AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli takes a look at what’s going on during the show and scopes out the week’s news coverage.

Almost overnight, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions it ignited have upended international aviation. Russia is bearing the brunt of the chaos and it may only get worse. In this in-depth exploration of the issues, Wendover Productions, well known for its explainers of everything from industrial logistics to the utility industry, shows how an […]

Everyone wears a headset when flying, but how about a helmet? Might seem like overkill, but the data shows that a flight helmet has a measurable safety benefit. In this AVweb video, Paul Bertorelli dives deep into the topic and find a really stylish flying helmet with skull icons. Seriously? Yeah, seriously.

Slovenia-based Pipistrel is the only company currently selling a certified electric training aircraft. In this week’s news, we learned that Textron Inc., the U.S.conglomerate that includes Cessna and Beechcraft, has added Pipistrel to its stable of companies. In this video, which first appeared in 2019, find out what Textron got in the deal with an […]

The crash of Atlas Air 3591 shocked the airline industry. It was caused by a first officer with a long history of poor performance that wasn’t known when he was hired. And an experienced captain in the left seat wasn’t enough to save the airplane or the three lives aboard. In this video, AVweb’s Paul […]

In this second vodcast of a series, veteran designated pilot examiner Jason Blair talks to AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli about why applicants sometimes fail checkrides. The good news is that not many do, but you can improve the odds of success by actually reading the ACS or PTS so you know what’s coming. View the first […]

Although it scrolled off the headlines quite some time ago—at least five years—the vanished Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 is still out there somewhere. Maybe in the Indian Ocean. A retired British Aerospace engineer named Richard Godfrey says he knows where it is with a high degree of certainty and in this video from the Australian […]

Some of us in aviation obsess about pilot population growth because it, more than anything, signals the future health of the general aviation industry. In this AVweb news video, Paul Bertorelli talks to veteran pilot examiner Jason Blair about the state of pilot certification. The good news? There’s modest growth in the overall pilot population.

People who build airplanes sometimes tend toward the obsessive in aiming for perfection. But everyone makes mistakes and in this continuation of KITPLANES’ video series on metal construction technique, Paul Dye explains how to correct some of the most common errors. Even if you never build an airplane, it’s worth watching to find out what […]