Whelen 'Let us light your world!
 
Volume 29, Number 23d, June 9, 2022
 
 
Chinese Fighter Chaffs Australian P-8
China has responded with threats of “serious consequences” for continued “aggression” after Australia complained that a Chinese fighter released chaff in the path of a P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft in May. The Australians say the Poseidon’s engines ingested some of[…]   Read this article
FAA Continues To Stall On G100UL
When last I worked myself into a virtual lather over the glacial non-progress of the stupidly over complicated process of finding an unleaded aviation fuel, I allowed as how I had grown old watching this process. I’m two months older[…]   Read this article
Bose 'Test of time A20
AVweb Rewind: The Gliders Of Normandy
This week, beginning June 6th, marks the 78th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the invasion of northwestern Europe by Allied forces in 1944. At the time, it was the largest airborne operation by U.S., Canadian and British forces, although operation Market[…] Read this article




Precision Flight Controls 'Train Better Fly Safer
Osprey Down In California (UPDATED)
An MV-22 Osprey with five Marines aboard crashed in the Southern California desert just after noon on Wednesday. The Marines have confirmed the crash and reported that all five of the people onboard were killed. Authorities also denied initial reports[…] Read this article




AVweb 'Classifieds The Need for Speed
Movie Thriller Features Real Warbird Footage
Ukrainian forces reusing damaged Russian equipment against them didn’t invent the idea. During the Second World War, a German squadron fixed captured Allied aircraft and used them in sheep’s clothing attacks against the good guys. Now there’s a new movie[…] Read this article




Kitplanes 'Take-off into the world of homebuilt aircraft
New Boeing A Few Years Away
Boeing CEO David Calhoun says it will be at least a couple of years before the company starts working on any new aircraft. He also warned the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference that it will likely be at least 10 years[…] Read this article