Podcast

Usually it’s because the owner or operator let them discharge too deeply or too often, according to Concorde’s Skip Koss, who discussed battery technology and longevity with Aviation Consumer‘s Paul Bertorelli. In its January issue, the magazine features an in-depth comparison of aircraft batteries, with some surprising results. Duration: File Size: download here

If you’re about to buy a legacy LSA – a Cub, Champ, or Luscombe, say – will you be able to support a 60-year-old airplane with spare parts? Actually – yes, according to Aurora, Colorado-based Univair, one of the leading suppliers of parts and accessories for classic aircraft. As part of a major report in […]

Some of the biggest news in U.S. aviaition has come out of China in the last couple of weeks. A week after Cessna announced it was building its 162 SkyCatcher there, Liberty Aerospace announced a deal to build 600 copies of its XL-2 two-place touring and training aircraft in a plant to be built by […]

In a recent AVweb story, we learned that the Coalition for an Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights (CAPBOR) is encouraging airline passengers to keep their video and still cameras handy on board to document any horror stories that may occur during the upcoming busy holiday travel period. In this interview with Kate Hanni, the group’s […]

After 150,000 takeoffs and landings in a 43-year cropdusting career, Don Taylor of Emmett, Idaho – who was the subject of a recent story in The Idaho Statesman newspaper – shares the secret of his longevity in the nations third-most-dangerous occupation. Mike Blakeney talks with Don and his wife Charlene to get her perspective about […]

Build A Plane has opened a new eBay Store for aviation just in time for your Christmas shopping. AVweb‘s Mike Blakeney talks with Executive Director Katrina Bradshaw about the new eBay site and gets an update on some of Build A Plane’s recent success stories. Duration: File Size: download here

In last Monday’s AVwebAudio podcast, we spoke with aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia, whose consistent message has been that very light jets and the air taxi business they are helping to spawn will not be the market explosion that some are claiming. Well, as you might expect, there are differing opinions on that topic, and Joe […]

AVweb‘s Mike Blakeney speaks with Cessna CEO Jack Pelton hours after returning from a trip to Bend, Oregon, where Pelton announced to former Columbia Aircraft employees and the local media that Cessna will be taking over the facility that manufactures the popular Columbia 350 and 400 in the next few weeks. Pelton also responds to […]

As Eclipse Aviation continues to struggle to make its production targets and other players in the very light jet market ramp up production to achieve their modest sales goals, aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia says the impact of the little jets on the overall industry is about what it can and should be. He told AVweb‘s […]

Although it’s been available for only about five years, it’s hard to recall when datalink weather wasn’t the standard equipment it seems to be. As part of ongoing coverage of weatherlink in its December 2007 issue, our sister publication, Aviation Consumer, interviewed Bob Baron, whose WxWorx service is the leading datalink provider. He tells the […]