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Tuesday 18th June 2013

Top News
Attendees of the Paris Air Show, which started Monday, will likely get a look at Airbus's new A350.
Jun 18, 5:40pm UTC

More News
Bell Helicopter introduced a new five-seat, entry-level helicopter at the Paris Air Show this week.
Jun 18, 8:22pm UTC
Until this week, Yves Rossy was the only human to have flown the jet-pack that he designed, but now there's a second flyer, after two years of training.
Jun 18, 6:41pm UTC
Safran and Honeywell have unveiled an electric taxiing system for airliners that is expected to save millions of gallons of fuel and make airports much nicer places.
Jun 18, 6:38pm UTC
Frank Thielert, founder of Thielert Aircraft Engines, which produced Centurion diesel engines for the aviation market, last week was jailed by a judge in a German bankruptcy court who reportedly considered him a "flight risk." According to the Google translation of a story in the Hamburg Abendblatt newspaper, the judge said Thielert faces several years in prison if convicted on charges that investors in his company were "systematically deceived." The Thielert AG company went public in 2005 and declared insolvency in 2008.
Jun 17, 5:56pm UTC
There's a new way to rent an airplane at six airports across the U.S. and the founders of OpenAirplanehope it will modernize and rationalize the way people rent aircraft.
Jun 17, 1:23am UTC
An ambitious campaign to save a unique part of aviation history is on in Michigan but just like the events that created the Willow Run bomber manufacturing plant, the volunteers trying to preserve it face a daunting challenge.
Jun 16, 1:52pm UTC
An Arizona-based company announced Thursday that it is now offering pilots emergency upset training in a two-seat version of the famed A-4 Skyhawk attack fighter.
Jun 14, 11:52pm UTC
 
Flaris, a Polish company, introduced its prototype single-engine personal jet at the Paris Air Show this week.
Jun 18, 7:39pm UTC
Diamond Aircraft Industries is partnering with Russia's Rostec to develop a low-cost 19-seat diesel-powered composite utility aircraft designed to service communities in vast reaches of the country that have no road or rail links.
Jun 18, 6:15pm UTC
While EAA and Sun 'n Fun weren't happy about paying for their own controller staff for their air show events, at least they had the resources to do it, which isn't true for many smaller events around the country.
Jun 18, 5:59pm UTC
Operation Migration says it's found a way to satisfy the FAA and whooping cranes to continue leading young birds on a migration from Wisconsin to Florida each fall.
Jun 16, 1:31am UTC
A Silicon Valley company is tackling head-on one of the most-cited impediments to flight training (after the cost) with an innovative flight training program.
Jun 16, 2:43pm UTC
China's AVIC Heavy Machinery has produced what it claims to be the world's largest titanium aircraft part critical to an aircraft's structure printed from a 3D printer -- and with massive cost savings.
Jun 15, 9:59am UTC
Thursday, EAA finalized a one-time agreement with the FAA that will assure air traffic control services for the 2013 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in at a cost to EAA of nearly $450,000, but according to EAA Chairman Jack Pelton, "this isn't over."
Jun 14, 3:43am UTC

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Features & Columns
For over two years, Lockheed Martin has been investing heavily to develop new applications to bring to its Flight Services, seeking to create what it hopes will be a significantly more useful platform for pilots, but pilots are no longer the only direct users the company targets.
The insurance market for older pilots isn't as grim as it once was. Stick with the same company, fly often and get recurrent training.
 
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Podcasts and Video
The FAA this week announced its new plan for finding a replacement fuel for 100LL. Doug Macnair, vice president for government relations at EAA, talks with AVweb's Mary Grady about the details of the plan and what it will mean to general aviation pilots and aircraft owners.
A Buffalo flight school owner says the state is trying to balance its budget on the backs of flight school owners and those who lease their aircraft to flight schools. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Bob Miller about New York state's retroactive re-interpretation of the sales tax code.
From August 2-4 in Topeka, Kansas, more than 90 vintage military aircraft will take part in a cooperative event that will honor veterans of the Second World War with free rides in aircraft of the era. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with organizer Dan Gryder about The Gathering of Warbirds and Legends and how veterans and family members of veterans can get aboard.
A circumnavigation flight that will launch from Sun 'n Fun 2014 is aiming to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to high school students. AVweb spoke with pilot and founder Judy Rice.
AOPA has revamped its aircraft financing division to include a broader range of prospective lenders. Adam Meredith, head of the AOPA Aircraft Finance Company spoke with AVweb's Russ Niles.
 
You might not think of Diamond's DA40 as a bushplane — and it isn't. But slap a big set of tires on it, and it does O.K. with unimproved and rough runways. In this video, AVweb flew Diamond's DA40 Tundra Edition.
The 2013 Generation 5 Cirrus SR22T turbo offers more than a new 3,600-lb. gross weight increase and extra seating. Aviation Consumer's Larry Anglisano flew the new model halfway across the country to sample the compilation of recent improvements that could make the G5 SR22 the best Cirrus yet.
When a Maverick Flying Car crashed in Vernon, British Columbia in May of 2013, on-board cameras helped determine the causes of the accident. AVweb's Russ Niles assembled this report from the various media used in the investigation.

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Who's Where
Mike Quinn
Mike Quinn is the new general manager of Atlas Aviation at Peter O. Knight Airport in Tampa. Quinn was Atlas's first employee and was most recently the manager of the company's Merritt Island location.

Jun 5, 3:28am UTC
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Refurb of the Month
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Although considered somewhat high maintenance, Cessna's P210 offered -- and continues to offer -- unique performance at an affordable purchase price. A careful search will find older airframes worth refurbishing, and that's exactly what Steve Wathen of Columbus, Ohio did with his P-210.
May 24, 7:58am UTC
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VIDEO


QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What air shows are you planning to attend?

Air shows will look a little different this year without the U.S. military presence, but they're working hard to get you to come.


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PILOT RESOURCES

FBO OF THE WEEK

"FBO of the Week" readers know the smallest things can make a big difference. AVweb reader Terry L. Martin provides the case study as he tells us about a recent visit to Signature Flight Support at Rochester International Airport (KRST) in Rochester, Minnesota:

Very friendly faces and a desire to help. Prompt service and courtesy. In the little gift shop, they displayed a t-shirt that caught my eye. I asked if they had one in smaller children's sizes (grandchildren sizes). They did not. However, the gentleman behind the counter aksed if he could have my contact information and he would check with the supplier for avilability and let me know. I know it's not much, but sometimes it's the little things that cause someone to notice. I've been to this FBO numerous times over the last few years, and I receive top-notch treatment every time.

Keep those nominations coming. For complete contest rules, click here.

AVweb is actively seeking out the best FBOs in the country and another one, submitted by you, will be spotlighted here next Monday!

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SHORT FINAL...

Back in the '70s, a Southern gentleman friend was an airline pilot who owned a C-182 that he called "Juan" — as in "Juan Eighty-Two." His N-number ended in 4Q, and if he either wanted a laugh or didn't like an ATC instruction, he acknowledged with, "Roger. Four Q." Pronounced in that Southern-gentlemanly style that sounded more like, "Roger. Fork you."

Bless his heart, he always gave me a $20 bill any time he came in the shop. And now you know why we now need a full N-number readback!

Tom Ciura
via e-mail

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