Exclusive Video: SeaRey LSX Light Sport Amphibian Flight Trial By Paul Bertorelli Aviation Consumer's Jeff Van West takes a SeaRey LSX for a spin on the water. Testing this light sport amphibian turned out to be more fun than we were expecting — what a blast!
Exclusive Video: Which Tiedown Gadgets Work Best? By Paul Bertorelli
In this video, Aviation Consumer's Jeb Burnside tests three of the popular commercial tiedown products against a $3 doggie auger. The results proved surprising.
Exclusive Video: TV News Copters Made Affordable By Paul Bertorelli
Thanks to seismic shifts in the news business, many local television outlets can no longer afford their own turbine-powered eye-in-the-sky. As a result, Robinson is doing a brisk business selling its R44-based ENG camera ship. AVweb visited Robinson in Torrance, California for a closer look.
Exclusive Video: Fiddling Around America, Part 5 — Final Thoughts By Paul Bertorelli
These days, the bright light of favorable publicity doesn't shine much on aviation. AVweb's "Fiddling Around America" tour with Dan Gryder's Herpa DC-3 changed that, at least for one week.
Exclusive Video: Fiddling Around America, Part 4 — Bamboo Bomber Tour By Paul Bertorelli
Many a pilot was trained to fly bombers in the famed Twin Cessna T-50/UC-78 Bamboo Bomber. AVweb recently got a tour of one of these unique airplanes from owners Jack Chapman and Richard Smith.
Live Video Feed: AVweb 'Fiddling Around America' DC-3 Tour By DC-3 Cockpit AVweb and Verizon Wireless are taking readers where they've never been before — to the cockpit of the Herpa DC-3 in flight through America's heartland. What's more, it'll be interactive. Text us at (678) 371-6293 (or just use this form) and we'll answer your questions live through the headset audio that will play along with the video. We usually launch around 11 a.m. Eastern and fly for a couple of hours before lunch and couple of hours after, weather (and the airplane) willing. Join us in a new interactive experiment in web media!
Exclusive Video: F-16 Viper Cockpit Tour By Glenn Pew
At Edwards Air Force Base, AVweb had the chance to take a quick look around the cockpit of an F-16 Viper — F-16 folks never use the official name of "Fighting Falcon" — courtesy of military test pilot Desmond Brophy. If you're wondering what test pilots are doing in a relatively senior and proven airframe, the answer lies in continuous improvement and the fact that the airframe itself is far from the only thing that changes the flight characteristics of a modern fighter. These aircraft are inherently unstable, and, though they are flown by pilots, it's computers that keep them in the air. When changes are made to the hardware, software, or weapons systems that give these aircraft their edge, test pilots are sent up to evaluate the effects of those changes on the aircrafts performance, capability, and controllability. But enough with the big picture — click through for your guided tour of the front office.
Exclusive Video: Cessna Mustang Demo Flight — Is It Really as Easy to Fly as a Skyhawk? By Paul Bertorelli
Almost. In this post-Sun 'n Fun video, AVweb reports that the Mustang's control forces and basic systems are so close to those of a heavy single or light twin that any moderately experienced pilot should be able to check out in it without breaking a sweat. And at 340 knots for 1,100 miles, we could get used to it, thanks.
Exclusive Video: Aviation Consumer Reviews Jeppesen's Visual Charts By Paul Bertorelli
Does the world need an alternative to the government's section charts? Jeppesen thinks so, and Aviation Consumer's Jeff Van West finds that these new products from Jeppesen are well-designed and well-executed, with a just a couple of small shortcomings.
Exclusive Video: Martin Jetpack Shows Improved Controllability By Glenn Pew
At last year's AirVenture, the Martin Jetpack was easily the most anticipated and hyped product. But the sort-of jetpack only sort of flew, with spotters keeping a close eye on it. Martin has shown the vehicle will fly without external assistance in this latest video, but as AVweb Video Editor Glenn Pew explains, the latest demonstration may not answer all those questions from Oshkosh.
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #12: More Product Minutes from the Show By Paul Bertorelli
This time we look at Scheme Designers' new photrealistic paint design service; TCW's Smart Start for experimentals; and the GoBOSH 800XP, a slick, well-detailed LSA from the Czech Republic.
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #11: Cub Crafters' New Super Cub LSA — Holy Cow! By Paul Bertorelli
This thing has 180hp and still meets the LSA weight limitation. AVweb took a spin in it at South Lakeland on Saturday, and we were blown away by the airplane's short field take-off and landing capability. Cub Crafters' Jim Richmond describes it as a hot rod, and he's not kidding.
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #10: Cross Country on a Pole By Paul Bertorelli
Experimental aircraft pilot Arty Trost flew an open-cockpit 55-mph aircraft from Oregon to Florida for the Sun 'n Fun air show. The cross-country aircraft is a Maxair Drifter.
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #9: Lycoming Update — IE2 Engine Progresses By Paul Bertorelli
With an industrial development grant from the state of Pennsylvania formalized, Lycoming is move forward with its IE2 electronic engine initiative. Here's a video update from AVweb's exclusive Sun 'N Fun coverage.
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #8: Product Minutes By Paul Bertorelli
Looking for a headset? A good deal on a custom seat pad? Sun 'N Fun is the place to shop. Here are four product minutes on things that caught our editors' eyes at the show — Garmin's G1000 glass cockpit for the Piper Meridian, the Bose Aviation Headset X, 3xtrim's Navigator 600, and the SoftSeat from Oregon Aero.
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #6: Sea Fury Cockpit Tour By Paul Bertorelli
Like the Bear Cat, the Hawker Sea Fury was one of those end-of-war superfighters that arrived too late to have much impact in any theatres in World War II. But there's only one word to describe the Fury: awesome. The Commemorative Air Force has its Fury at Sun 'n Fun, and we got a cockpit tour from David Peeler, the Fury's pilot.
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #5: WxWorx Offers Online Option By Paul Bertorelli
Customers of WxWorx's popular datalink weather service now have another option: They can access the same weather data available in airborne receivers via a new online service. WxWorx's Glenn Gray told AVweb one advantage of this approach is that all of the weather products appear on the same page, accessible with clearly labeled buttons.
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #4: Embraer Phenom 100 Tour By Paul Bertorelli
Embraer brought a production model Phenom 100 entry-level jet to Sun 'n Fun and told us it's performing well in service. We looked at the new jet, inside and out.
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #1: A Sun 'n Fun Preview By Paul Bertorelli
If you're coming to Lakeland, we'll show you the highlights we've come across so far. If you can't make it, here's a glimpse of what we'll be showing you this week.
AvWxWorkshops Video: Non-Convective Low-Level Wind Shear (LLWS) By Glenn Pew
Aviation weather expert and former National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Dennstaedt has created a web site for online weather training and one-on-one pilot mentoring, called AvWxWorshops.com. Here's part of his training module on low-level wind shear not associated with a thunderstorm and what it means when you see the notation in a terminal forecast.
Exclusive Video: AEA Product Minute — AirCell By Paul Bertorelli
Just one more minute of your time! In this final "Product Minute" from the AEA Convention, AirCell's Andy Geist talks about in-flight wireless access, a hot topic in the age of Blackberrys and smartphones.
Exclusive Video: AEA Product Minute — Avidyne By Glenn Pew
Got time for one more "Product Minute" from AEA? This time, Tom Harper from Avidyne explains how you can bridge the gap from TAS to ADS-B with the company's new NextGen-ready TAS600A.
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