Ownership

To travel across the country buying gasoline is to be alternately amused, infuriated and perplexed. And I’m not talking about the price, nor am I referring to avgas. Mogas is on my mind for today’s consideration. To get to AirVenture this year, Val and I did the trip by motorcycle, a big grand swing along […]

BendixKing has a new integrated avionics suite for the turboprop market. The AeroVue, which trickles down from advanced avionics found in transport category and business jets, is a three-screen system with autopilot, dual AHRS, cursor-control device (CCD), plus cabin internet connectivity. In this video, Aviation Consumer‘s Larry Anglisano takes a look at the system in […]

The world of training aircraft has all but reinvented itself since Diamond introduced the DA20 to the North American market nearly 20 years ago. When the Katana appeared, Diamond reasoned that the fleet of ancient Cessna 150s and 152s was growing weary and operators would lust for replacements. What it didn’t anticipate was a couple […]

If I were to break down the quest for an unleaded avgas into seasons, I think we’re in the long, hot summer phase. From here until two years from now, progress may be like watching the grass grow. At AirVenture last month, the only meaningful activity was that Shell showed up to talk about its […]

A year ago, Continental Motors invested heavily in aircraft diesel technology when it bought the former Thielert works in St. Egidien, Germany. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli recently visited the plant and prepared this detailed video on how the engines are made. view on YouTube

An occupational hazard of being a journalist is that you’re occasionally-wittingly or unwittingly-a shill for some product, a service, an organization…you name it. One reason for this is that much of what we do on AVweb is bulletin reporting. By that, I mean if a development happens or someone says something, we report it straight […]

AVweb’s weekly review of what’s going on in aviation turned up news that Power Flow had broken its own record for sales of Tuned Exhaust Systems at AirVenture, Oxygen to Go, LLC and its founder Dr. Brent Blue were recognized by Delta Airlines for significant contributions to persons with disabilities, the NTSB has proposed changes […]

Thanks to AVWeb for supplying the opportunity for EAA’s guest blog posting about the new FAA hangar-use policy. Anytime we can work together to bring more knowledge and information to aviators, the better it is for all of us. AVweb’s “Hangar Policy Lunacy” editorial last Friday makes the point exactly right: None of us are […]

AVweb’s weekly review of what’s happening in aviation found everything from a flight program for young cancer survivors through new Hartzell props for the world’s fastest turboprop to the newest recipient of the EAA’s August Raspet Award and an NTSB training program in emergency communications. Summit Aviation and Eagle Mount announced a partnership to bring […]

As the market for refurbished and reconditioned aircraft gains momentum, both appraisers and banks face the daunting challenge of determining higher values for older airplanes brought to near-new standards by remanufacturing. “This is a fairly new thing and we’re just now going about how to value an airplane that is totally reconditioned. The problem we […]