Video of the Week

Slovenian-based Pipistrel has been building a motorglider for more than 10 years, but now they’re offering an upgraded self-launching electric version, complete with a solar charging trailer option. Here’s an AVweb news brief on how the system works.

As electric propulsion systems become more accessible, we’re seeing them begin to appear in experimental and ultralight aircraft. In this AVweb video shot at Sun ‘n Fun 2021, Dennis Carley describes the new electric option available for the Aerolite 103 ultralight.

Tecnam has had its P2012 in service for more than year, but because of the pandemic, it has never shown the airplane at Sun ‘n Fun. In this AVweb video, we take a tour of this unique twin, which was designed specifically to replace the venerable Cessna 402 Cape Air has used for years for […]

Losing an engine is a recurring nightmare for many of us, but the actual risks are lower than most of us may imagine. In this video, AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli reports on his research project into engine-failure accidents and reveals that easily half of them—if not more—are caused by poor maintenance or pilot mistakes. Running the […]

What got many of us into flying were those fascinating newsreel pieces done during the 1950s and 1960s on advances in aviation technology. The military services produced them and so did manufacturers like Boeing, Northrop, Grumman and North American. Who can forget those riveting clips of rocket sleds blasting down the rails to test the […]

Beginning this month, AVweb sister publication KITPLANES is launching a new series about how to work with metal in building amateur-built aircraft. This series of short videos will touch on all the skills necessary to work in metal, from cutting and shaping to fitting and riveting. Even if you’re not building an airplane, the methods […]

Over and over again, the runway turnback maneuver comes up several times a year in accident reports, as it did in our coverage last week. Those who argue against it, often call it “the impossible turn.” But any reasonable analysis proves that turning back to the runway is anything but impossible. But it is risky […]

In December 2020, we profiled photographer Steve Zimmermann, who specializes in aerial imagery in and around the mountain west. In today’s video, Steve gives us a stunning tour of the continental divide in the soft, golden light of dusk. The camera, a GoPro MAX 360, is attached to the tail of a Diamond DA62 twin. […]

After a one-year hiatus, Sun ‘n Fun is back for 2021. In this advance video, SnF President Lites Leenhouts says to expect about 20 percent fewer exhibitors and smaller attendance. The show has a pretty careful COVID-19 mitigation plan—yes, it includes masks—and Leenhouts details it.

Let’s be honest: We wouldn’t be talking about the Kobe Bryant crash unless it involved a celebrity, but it did, so let’s capitalize on it to prevent another one. In this AVweb vodcast, Paul Bertorelli interviews Bruce Landsberg of the NTSB and Jim Viola of Helicopter Association International, a rotary wing trade group.