Podcast

At AOPA Summit this week, a seminar about strategies for coping with aging aircraft drew an overflow crowd. AVweb‘s Mary Grady spoke with Marv Nuss, continued operational safety program manager for the FAA, for a quick overview of the issues. This podcast is brought to you by XM WX Satellite Weather and Lightspeed Aviation. Duration: […]

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt told AOPA on Friday that a review of flight training is part of a five-year plan to improve GA safety. He fleshed out the details with AVweb‘s Mary Grady. This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

New CEO Dale Klapmeier says the acquisition by CAIGA will free Cirrus Aircraft to fulfill its original mandate to introduce people to and to keep people in general aviation. He spoke with AVweb‘s Mary Grady. This podcast is brought to you by XM WX Satellite Weather and Lightspeed Aviation. Duration: File Size: download here

Like most things in life, it’s complicated to switch from 100LL to an unleaded alternative. AVweb Editorial Director Paul Bertorelli speaks with Lycoming’s Michael Kraft about how the fine details make a drop-in replacement for 100LL unlikely. This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

There will be discussion about the latest user fee threat as AOPA kicks off its annual Summit in Hartford starting Thursday but there is much more on the agenda. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with AOPA President Craig Fuller about the busy agenda. This podcast is brought to you by XM WX Satellite Weather and Lightspeed […]

Even as insurance costs decline across the board for aircraft, new players are entering the industry. AVweb‘s Paul Bertorelli spoke with Jon Doolittle of Sutton James Insurance. This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation. Duration: File Size: download here

AVweb subscriber Scott Peterson, of Santa Rosa, CA, was snapping photos of the final heat of the day at Reno last Friday and got the full sequence of Jimmy Leeward’s fatal crash. He spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles about his impressions of what he saw. Scroll below the gallery for the podcast player and link. […]

David Soucie, author of Why Planes Crash, believes a business decision he made more than twenty years ago may have contributed to the loss of a friend. As a former accident investigator for the FAA, he’s now working outside of the FAA to improve safety and information-sharing in the industry. Duration: File Size: download here

Audio collected on September 11, 2001 has been compiled by the Rutgers Law Review for a presentation titled “A New Type of War.” AVweb has organized a series of recorded segments from that presentation to provide insight into the day from the perspective of the pilots, crew, controllers and military personnel who lived it. The […]

Ten years ago this weekend, general aviation was faced with an unprecedented challenge – first, how to get back in the air at all and then, how to cope with scores of new regulations as the government struggled to minimize the threat of future attacks. As president of AOPA, Phil Boyer was on the front […]