Video of the Week

At NBAA 2015, the star of the static display was a 50-year-old piston aircraft widely considered to be the first true business airplane. Jay Duckson of Central Business Jets showed us the Howard 500. view on YouTube

The MicroTower is a highly automated traffic and weather robot for airports of all sizes. It incorporates some pretty smart artificial intelligence, as will be obvious from this AVweb video checkout of the system. view on YouTube

At NBAA, GE had on display its H-series turboprop engines, meant to compete with Pratt & Whitney’s PT6. GE’s Matt Garas gave AVweb a tour of the new engines. view on YouTube

The well-known French avionics and aerospace giant Thales showed off a headset-mounted HUD display at the NBAA show in Las Vegas last week. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli demoed it and prepared this video. view on YouTube

Business aircraft operators are always concerned about flight proficiency and currency, and the usual way of achieving it is through simulation. At NBAA, Precision Flight Controls showed off its DCX Max, a reasonably priced sim that can be configured to simulate many kinds of aircraft, from single-engine pistons to jets. view on YouTube

At NBAA in Las Vegas, Diamond unveiled its largest and most sophisticated airplane yet, the DA62. With seating for up to seven people, good payload, and cruise speeds in the high 170-knot range on 15 GPH or less, Diamond sees a potential business role for the DA62. view on YouTube

At NBAA in Las Vegas this week, Lightspeed Aviation was demonstrating its new Tango wireless headset. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli got a demo and plugged in a microphone so you can hear it pop. view on YouTube

Sandel surprised the NBAA show with a complete new glass panel system for the King Air. AVweb spent some time with Sandel’s Gerry Block taking a tour of the new system. view on YouTube

Elliott Aviation introduced its version of a refurbished Beechjet/Hawker 400 at NBAA 2015. view on YouTube

Textron Aviation displayed the test article of its Cessna Citation Longitude super mid-size business jet at NBAA 2015 in Las Vegas. Kriya Shortt shows us around. view on YouTube