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A Eurocopter EC135 and a Cessna 172L collided near Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Va., at about 2:30 p.m., Friday, killing both of the Cessna’s occupants. The Eurocopter landed with damage to its skids and “it wasn’t pretty,” helicopter instructor Mark Huntley told NewsVirginian.com. The Eurocopter, a medical transport helicopter owned by PHI Inc. in Lafayette, […]

The FlightPrep patent story took another turn Friday when NavMonster.com, which pulled down its popular site about two weeks ago, suddenly announced it had reached a deal with FlightPrep and will relaunch an updated website early in the New Year. “We got all the lawyers and programmers together from both sides, and after some good […]

Founder Mike Crisp says his air charter’s bed-laden Cessna Grand Caravan has been grounded “because of some prudish snobbery on the part of the CAA.” The CAA disagrees. Crisp’s business, Mile High Flights, operated for two years out of Gloucestershire, England, giving couples (and one threesome) the opportunity to join the mile high club. Now, […]

Following up on a health-related pilot story, AVweb contacted senior aviation medical examiner Dr. Brent Blue, who said, “I think the FAA is actually starting to float the idea of either dropping or relaxing third class medicals.” Blue pointed out the limitations of aviation medical certification standards, and the risk factors that aviation medical examinations […]

A new rule penalizes carriers for leaving passengers stuck in aircraft on the ground for more than three hours, but egregious snow storms Tuesday left 28 flights at JFK stuck on the ground away from the gate — one for nearly 11 hours. Snowfall in the New York City area reportedly exceeded rates recorded for […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Naval Air Systems Command has tested at Lakehurst, N.J., December 18, use of a railgun to launch an F/A-18E Super Hornet from a simulated carrier deck. Current aircraft carriers use steam pressure to […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. A solar-powered aircraft developed by QinetiQ has claimed the absolute duration record for time aloft for an unmanned aerial vehicle, the company said last week. The Zephyr UAV flew for over two weeks […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Since its first flight back in February, Boeing’s biggest-ever aircraft, the 747-8, has been undergoing intensive flight testing, some of which is quite extreme. “Some people may even call it abusive,” says Mark […]

2010 is disappearing in the rearview mirror, and over the course of AVweb‘s 15th year of publishing, we gave away 15 prizes valued at least $1,000 each to our readers in celebration. It was our way to say “thank you” for your support, and we look forward to the next 15 years of covering aviation […]

The traffic alert and collision avoidance systems used in thousands of aircraft need to be upgraded, the FAA said this week, to prevent them from missing targets in high-density areas. During a flight test, a TCAS unit built by Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) dropped several aircraft tracks because of interference limiting, the FAA […]