Podcast

On January 24, Open Air was granted a Part 135 air carrier certification to operate its fleet of brand-new Cirrus SR22s for on-demand air-taxi service out of Montgomery County Airpark (GAI) in Gaithersburg, Md., about 20 miles outside of Washington, D.C. Flying from the back yard of arguably the most sensitive and restrictive airspace in […]

Automatic Dependent Broadcast-Surveillance, or ADS-B, is a system that allows pilots of ADS-B equipped aircraft to see other airplanes that also have the gear, and it also sends its signals to ground stations for monitoring by air traffic control. By 2020, it will be mandatory for flight into congested airspace, but for now its main […]

When the captain of a Continental Airlines flight collapsed at the controls on a flight to Puerto Vallarta 10 days ago, his first officer put the call out for pilots aboard the Boeing 757. Two men volunteered, and Stephen Brown, a 150-hour Cessna pilot from Albuquerque, was the most qualifiied to step into the right […]

AVweb spoke with National Air Traffic Controllers Association Executive Vice President Paul Rinaldi about the current state of the U.S. ATC system. Brought to you byBose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

At Oshkosh last July, Garmin unveiled the G600, which looked like a pale offshoot of the G1000. But hold the phone; there’s a lot more to this glass panel than meets the eye. Our sister publication, Aviation Consumer, recently reviewed the product and interviewed Garmin’s Carl Wolf on the future of glass panels for the […]

In today’s newscast, hear about Tiger Aircraft’s bankruptcy filing, staffing problems at contract control towers, TSA security ramp checks for GA aircraft, the FAA’s imminent decision on the age-60 rule and more. Brought to you byBose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

AVweb sat down with AOPA spokeswoman Kathleen Vascouselos to talk about the disturbing downward trend of the U.S. pilot population, which the FAA recently said has dipped below the 600,000 mark. Brought to you byBose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

The editors of Aviation Safety caught up with Brent Blue, co-founder of the very successful aviation medical and safety technology vendor Aeromedix.com. His company has brought to the general aviation marketplace numerous products previously unavailable to pilots at any price. Duration: File Size: download here

In the Monday newscast, hear about how the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo drew record crowds and exhibitors; the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s planned use of UAVs along the Canadian border; a midair collision that controllers failed to prevent; an upcoming ADS-B mandate; and more. Brought to you byBose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

Leonard Kirk of the aviation technology division at the University of Alaska offers his insight into the Capstone project. Kirk’s perspective offers a Capstone refresher – history and current status – as well as the program’s capabilities and equipment, plus an outlook on progress toward comprehensive rollout in the lower 48 states. Duration: File Size: […]