Video of the Week

When Continental acquired ECI in 2015, it also acquired the budding Titan engine line. The company has moved production of that engine to its Fairhope, Alabama facility and has capacity to ramp up production. You can find out more about the Titan engines — which Continental hopes to certify — at Sun ‘n Fun this […]

Lightspeed Aviation recently introduced its new Zulu3 headset with an eye-opening price: $850. They’re showing the new headset at Sun ‘n Fun where you can try out the product’s Front Row Center audio feature. They’ll also upgrade an older Zulu2 for $150. view on YouTube

At Sun ‘n Fun 2017 this week, Mooney International flew in the newly certified Acclaim Ultra, the first long-body Mooney with two cabin doors. Mooney says it has a small backlog of orders and expects to deliver the first airplanes later this year. AVweb interviewed Mooney CEO Vivek Saxena for this video report. view on […]

The U.S. Army brought its very latest reconnaissance platform, the King Air-based MC-12S, to Sun ‘n Fun and we spoke with pilot CW3 Jereme Leason. He told us what he could about the technology onboard. view on YouTube

Bristell Aircraft is aiming at the fast crowd with its NG5 LSA. Ahead of Sun ‘n Fun, AVweb tried the airplane over a couple of flights and prepared this detailed video. view on YouTube

For 2017, Cirrus has re-engined its entry-level SR20 with a 215-HP four-cylinder Lycoming IO-390, which replaces the 200-HP six-cylinder Continental IO-360 used on the SR20 for years. To find out what drove the company’s decision to swap engines, and to see how the aircraft performs, Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano flew the G6 SR20 and […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force turned one of their C-17s into a flying museum for a trip back in time. The transport took seven replica biplanes to France where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. view on YouTube

LEDs are all but standard equipment on new cars and it’s getting that way on airplanes, even legacy models. At the Aircraft Electronics Association show in New Orleans, AeroLEDs announced no fewer than 15 new products for 2017. In this AVweb video, AeroLED’s Dean Wilkinson gives a summary of three of the products. view on […]

Avidyne has been slugging away on a new upgrade for the IFD series navigators and at the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in the New Orleans this week, the company rolled out software changes that add synthetic vision and wireless capability for iPad support for these navigators. In this AVweb video, Avidyne’s Tom Harper walks us […]

Not that long ago, a transponder was just a transponder, but now ADS-B-capable transponders like the L-3 Lynx series are doing traffic, weather and other functions. In this video shot at the Aircraft Electronics Show in New Orleans, AVweb reports on the latest revisions from L-3 that definitely make this the most sophisticated transponder out […]