Ownership

When looking at the Piper Lance/Saratoga, it’s important to remember that all airplanes are compromises. Since most of us lack an unlimited budget, we’re often forced to choose between going fast in a relatively small cockpit or dragging around a larger cabin more slowly. It’s simple, really: The “go-fast” airplane will get us to our […]

AVweb’s weekly foray into all that is going on in aviation revealed news of EASA certification of a new Airbus helicopter, a free ForeFlight manual, the identity of the keynote speaker at Redbird Migration next week and availability of a free insurance review. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the new EC135 T3/P3 by […]

At NBAA, Nextant showed off a mock-up of its new G90XT King Air C90 remanufacture. The airplane will include GE engines and a Garmin G1000 suite. view on YouTube

We get a steady trickle of press releases from the mash-up of companies that now comprise Textron Aviation-Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker. The other day, we noticed something: the press releases are coming through not with the Textron Aviation moniker but the badges of the individual companies. At the static display on Monday, I noticed the […]

Since this spring, Garmin has been delivering the new G5000 to the OEM market, but now it’s starting to offer retrofits in the from of a Beechjet 400/400A mod. Garmin’s Scott Frye gave AVweb a briefing on the new program. view on YouTube

The U.S. Marine Corps announced that it is determined to meet its goal of having its first squadron of 10 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters ready for combat in July 2015. In an interview with Reuters, outgoing Marine Corps Commandant General James Amos was asked if the Marines would miss the target date for declaring an […]

AVweb‘s weekly review of what is happening in aviation uncovered news of an invitation to fly in and help out with Bahamas Habitat, a record-setting third quarter for Embraer, a collaboration in the development of the Sun Flyer electric airplane, and an announcement that Hartzell’s developmental activities for its new five-blade prop will be showcased […]

In a growing market of ADS-B solutions, Avidyne Corporation has announced the MLB100ADS-B traffic and flight information system-an ADS-B solution designed for interface with the company’s recently certified IFD540 slide-in GPS navigator. The single-box MLB100, which is priced at $2495, is a 978MHz datalink receiver that offers full ADS-B traffic input capability when interfaced with […]

Last month, I spent a solid week on the phone talking to flight schools about their operations, their marketing and, especially AOPA’s idea to refurbish older Cessna150s and 152s and feed them into the training and flying club market. While they were intrigued by the idea, almost all of the schools were put off by […]

Hard on the heels of breaking ground on its U.S. assembly facility, Embraer delivered the first Legacy 500, its new midsize executive jet. The Legacy 500 has six-foot, flat-floor cabin and boasts a cabin altitude at cruise of 6000 feet. Equipped with eight passenger seats, the seats can be converted into four beds. The jet […]