B-21 Rolled Out The world’s first “sixth generation” military aircraft was unveiled to friend and foe when Northrop Grumman and the Air Force rolled out the first B-21 Raider on Friday. The flying wing was also vaulted to the pointiest end of the[…] Read this article
Time To Listen Up You could almost hear the sigh in the approach controller’s voice as he called the VFR Piper for the third time. “Cherokee Six Papa Kilo (not the real callsign), how do you hear?” The response, in a Georgie Tirebiter falsetto: “Was that for Six Papa Kilo?” Sigh (sotto voce). It’s been decades since I’ve issued air[…] Read this article
F-16 Ejection Followed Unauthorized Intercept Of GA Aircraft An Air Force accident investigation says a Tulsa Air National Guard F-16 was destroyed after an off-the-books intercept of a private light aircraft near a Louisiana airport last March. Investigators found the pilot of the $26 million fighter mistakenly thought[…] Read this article
AVweb Rewind: How To Fly The Pattern Without Making An A%$&# of Yourself In a moment of utter insanity, AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli thought he could actually produce an 11-minute animated video. This unfortunate jumble of pixels is the result. We are publishing it again in the hopes that a second airing will reveal[…] Read this article
Missionary Pilot Jailed In Mozambique The CEO of Mission Aviation Fellowship is calling on the Mozambique government to release an American pilot who was arrested a month ago on allegations that he was supplying goods to rebels. Ryan Koher, 31, and two South African volunteers[…] Read this article
FAA Nomination Pushed To 2023 Hearings to confirm Phil Washington as the new FAA administrator won’t be held until early in the New Year, according to various reports. The delay times out Washington’s nomination by the Biden administration, but Sen. Maria Cantwell told Reuters she[…] Read this article
Poll: Flightseeing Doesn't Appear To Have The Best Safety Record. Would You Fly On One? Read this article
Top Letters And Comments, December 2, 2022 Devotion: Made Like They Used to Make Them My father, Capt. Walter F. Madden, USN (RET) was CAG (Commander Air Group) of Air Group 3 on board the USS Leyte when this incident occurred. Like most combat veterans he talked[…] Read this article
