Russia Seized 10 Times More Airliners Than It Lost To Sanctions Russia’s Transport Minister has come out with what he says is the final tally of aircraft lost and gained when sanctions from the Ukraine invasion were imposed and it would appear the country made out like bandits. Vitaly Savelyev told[…] Read this article
Guest Blog: Lessons Well Learned And Too Often Ignored Tuesday, November 14th, 2023, three pilots took to the skies in what appeared to be a sightseeing flight of the nearby mountains. Allegedly having completed a similar flight (or flights), it appears as though this one may have started out[…] Read this article
Best Of The Web: Gliding To Corsica It’s been dream of Swiss glider pilot Yves Gerster to fly his motorglider from the Italian Alps to the island of Corsica and back without fossil fuel help (except for takeoff and initial climb). See how he did in this[…] Read this article
UN Aviation Conference Reduces Carbon Reduction Target During U.N.-led discussions on Friday, countries agreed to reduce a 2030 goal to cut carbon emissions from international aviation by incorporating cleaner energy including sustainable aviation fuel, according to reporting from Reuters. The agreement came after days of discussions led by[…] Read this article
87-Year-Old Pilot Killed In Go-Around Attempt A Mooney M20C that crashed Tuesday outside of a strip mall in Plano, Texas, killing the 87-year-old pilot, was reportedly attempting a go-around, according to a newly released incident report. The aircraft crashed within a mile of Air-Park Dallas Airport—a nearby[…] Read this article
Low-Cost Bizjet Charter Enforces Dress Code You don’t have to be well-heeled to fly on one of the latest entries in the jet membership/on-demand charter market but you do have to look sharp. Set Jet members can hop on a flight aboard one of the company’s[…] Read this article
Top Letters and Comments: Nov. 27, 2023 Space Bureaucracy Prompted by this AVweb article I looked a little up about this issueWant to launch a commercial space vehicle and you have to deal with: EPA on the groundFAA in the atmosphereNOAA – Office of Space CommerceFCC –[…] Read this article
Poll: Should ATC College Grads Skip The FAA Academy? Last week the FAA announced that graduates of the Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) program at various universities will no longer attend the ATC Academy in Oklahoma City. It could free up space in the Academy to train more controllers[…] Read this article
Last Week's Poll Result AVweb readers are solidly in favor of the FAA putting resources into pilot mental health initiatives. Almost two-thirds of respondents were strongly in favor and a tiny minority thought it a waste of time. Read this article
