Ownership

Van’s Aircraft comes to the 2015 Sport Aviation Expo with the RV-12 S-LSA equipped with Garmin’s G3X Touch avionics and integrated action camera. In this video, AVweb’s Larry Anglisano, along with Chris Thelan from Van’s Aircraft, took the system flying for a closer look. view on YouTube

Unless you operate your aircraft in a warm climate, we think fixed engine heaters are essential accessories. Even if you store the aircraft in a heated hangar, there could be times when you’re faced with an engine-stressing cold start. Not all systems are alike and the one you choose might depend on climate. We took […]

One of the new features at the Sport Aviation Expo is the used aircraft sales lot, run by Aviators Hotline. Logan Feaster shows us how it works. view on YouTube

Airbus has introduced a long-range (4,000-nm) version of its A321neo single-aisle airliner as it squares off against Boeing in the lucrative low end of the airliner market. The neo is Airbus’s next-generation version of the A320 series, which goes head to head with Boeing’s 737 MAX, which currently has a projected range of up to […]

Not surprisingly, as the rate of price increases for new airplanes left the rate of inflation in the dust, the business of giving new life to aging airplanes became a growth industry. The last 20 years has shown that there is a demand for general aviation airplanes, however, that demand has also been shown to […]

One of my secret ambitions has been to own an airplane company and I think I’m about to realize it. Not to reveal too much about my personal finances, but I’m about to come into a lot of money. I mean a really, huge, stupid amount of money. I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails […]

ForeFlight has added a synthetic vision upgrade to their popular iPad-based flight-planning software, the company recently announced. The upgrade provides a three-dimensional view of terrain and airport features, and dims or brightens to simulate daylight and night conditions. The Stratus ADS-B receiver is not required to run the feature, the company says, but with Stratus […]

You’ve decided that it’s time to buy an airplane, or you own one and you want to upgrade it with a glass panel or a larger engine. The “how will I pay for it?” refrain has gone through your head more than once. Now you have to listen to that voice. It’s time to get […]

Back in the dark ages when j-school looked like it might lead to a sort of career, I was asked on a fall registration form to “state minor course of study, if any.” With all the thoughtful consideration a 21-year-old could muster, I checked the box next to Asian history. Somehow, sociology seemed boring and […]

There has long been a subset of pilots with a certain sense of adventure and the burning desire to own an aerobatic airplane. While most lust after an aerial hotrod such as one of the Extra 300 series or a Sukhoi Su-29, economic reality means putting something a little less impressive into the hangar. In […]