Video of the Week

Pilots deal with control towers all the time and most think they know what the tower is supposed to do, but … probably not. In this video, AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli explains what air traffic control towers are actually supposed to do. And it isn’t to keep airplanes from colliding in midair, but on the ground. […]

Red Bull is well known for its sponsorship of extreme sports events—everything from skiing to wingsuiting to mountain climbing. And that includes aviation, too. In this 13-minute video shot in 2013, we see multiple views of the Red Bull sponsored Lightning and Corsair aerobatic show. There’s quite a lot to take in here in expansive […]

When an airplane has to be moved across a continent or an entire ocean, ferry pilots have to be ready to fly on a moment’s notice. And ferry pilot Margrit Waltz has done a lot of that flying, recently completing her 900th over-ocean crossing in a factory-new TBM 940, one of the fastest single-engine aircraft […]

Aircraft owners and pilots often bemoan the lack of new technology in aircraft engines and complain—accurately—that most airplane engines are basically 1960s tech. But as Paul Bertorelli points out in this video, it’s not for lack of trying. And it’s not necessarily the new engine itself that fails to get traction, but the company’s support—or […]

Every month we see a new electric airplane project or two and sometime next year, we hope to see the first electric airplane race. Building on the gasoline Formula 1 race idea, Air Race E will soon announce a venue for the first international electric airplane race event. In this video, AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli interviews […]

The Flying Farmer act has been a staple of airshows for years. Kyle Franklin’s version is just as entertaining as an inebriated Ben Wabknoski takes over the controls of a Super Cub for a fun, low-altitude airshow experience. In this encore video, Franklin explains what’s involved. He makes it look easy, but it’s anything but.

When you get to the point in this video where the earnest—OK nerdy—guy explains how Martin Baker plans to blast pilots out of a cockpit with a cordite canon, you’ll understand what the British slang “boffin” means. You may also be seized with an overwhelming desire to know what the reaction to this proposal must […]

Pipistrel’s sleek and sexy Panthera has been getting a lot of buzz but, surprisingly, it has never been shown at a U.S. show—until Sun ‘n Fun 2021. In this AVweb news brief, we took a quick swing through the Panthera booth and talked to Andy Chan about plans for this unique airplane.

Wipaire is well known for its line of straight and amphibious floats, which is why it has sold 500 sets of the popular 2100 model. At Sun ‘n Fun, it was showing off a Husky installation and AVweb got a tour of the laser-enabled gear warning safety system.

Sun ‘n Fun 2021 is now in the books and will be remembered as one pulled off under difficult circumstances. In this AVweb news video, we asked both vendors and attendees what they thought of the show. The reactions were universally positive.