Jetstream Pushes Boeing 787 Past 800 MPH Around 10:30 p.m. on Monday night, as the Virgin 787 cruised along at 35,000 feet, it posted an 801-MPH groundspeed, according to radar...
Biplane Cross-Country Sailors have an affliction they call “bigger boat disease” or “one-foot-itis,” and I was starting to feel the...
Top Letters And Comments, February 22, 2019 This week's letters brought comments from readers about Meigs Field, drone noise, registration trusts, the Garmin GPS 155 and EASA's...
Short Final: Job Well Done About a year ago I was training a student pilot. The college student was very intense and strived to be perfect at all her training....
We're Way Better Than We Used To Be Accident wise, GA pilots are doing better than ever. And if you think not, take this little tour through the carnage of the past.
Whoever Said Winter Flying Is Fun Was Daft So what if the air is crisp and cold? The preheater is likely to burn down the hangar, if I can even get the door unfrozen to find it.
Podcast: Icon Gears Up Production After months of production delays, Icon Aircraft is ramping up production of its A5 light sport amphibious aircraft. Showing a demo model...
Got a Cirrus? Tell Us About It AVweb is teaming up with our sister publication, Aviation Consumer, for a retrospective safety analysis of how Cirrus aircraft are doing...
BRS Releases Parachute For Van's RV-10 After 18 months of development, BRS Aerospace says it’s ready to accept orders for the Van's RV-10 ballistic parachute. BRS already...
We're Way Better Than We Used To Be Accident wise, GA pilots are doing better than ever. And if you think not, take this little tour through the carnage of the past.
Road Landings: Bring Beer Things change. Drinking and flying used to be a thing. Now it isn't, but running out of gas is the same as it ever was.
How To Land An Airplane On The Freeway With Style And Grace (And Survive) Lately, there seems to have been a rash of airplanes landing on highways. What's going on? In this AVweb video, Paul Bertorelli explains...
Top Letters And Comments, February 22, 2019 This week's letters brought comments from readers about Meigs Field, drone noise, registration trusts, the Garmin GPS 155 and EASA's...
BRS Releases Parachute For Van's RV-10 After 18 months of development, BRS Aerospace says it’s ready to accept orders for the Van's RV-10 ballistic parachute. BRS already...
Why Landing An Amphib On The Mississippi Must Be Protected Rick Rief is legally doing his job and his little airplane poses no threat. Why is he being kicked out of St. Louis?
Top Five Reasons To Hate Top 10 Lists Always worth a few clicks, asking readers to rank their favorite airplanes is an evergreen standby for editors desperate to avoid another...
Video: Top Flightbag Picks The pilot's flight bag has gotten smaller over the years and in a market flooded with compact flight totes, four bags—all with...
AVweb Conducting Pilot Survey Ever thought about building your own kit plane? Finally settled on the right ADS-B equipment for your mission? We want to hear about it....
Honeywell Developing Connected Black Boxes Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright are collaborating to develop a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) that will give...
The Unbearable Brightness Of Aviation LEDs LED technology has become standard on new airplanes, yet it's anything but on the legacy general aviation fleet. The aftermarket is flush...
Viper Demonstration Team Commander Removed United States Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander Capt. Zoe Kotnik was removed from command on Monday after only two weeks...
EAA To Celebrate The Boeing 747 At Oshkosh 2019 Boeing’s iconic airliner first flew 50 years ago this Feb. 9, and to carry the celebration into summer EAA will have “special...
A Sad Year For Airshows For those of us who watch airshows, we don't often think of how risky it is to fly and practice for them. The year just past proved...
A Good Time For Doing Good It's the giving season, and aviators have a special gift we can share all year.
AeroPilot L600 Gets Floats Floats are a nice option on light sport aircraft but because of performance and economic limitations, many manufacturers don't offer the...
Virgin Galactic Flies Third Crew Member Virgin Galactic sent its first passenger to the edge of space Friday although it wasn’t a paying customer. The company’s...
Bombardier Investing In Aerospace Research Bombardier has announced that it will be investing approximately $22 million CAD in Aéro21 and SA²GE, two Québec-based...
Why Landing An Amphib On The Mississippi Must Be Protected Rick Rief is legally doing his job and his little airplane poses no threat. Why is he being kicked out of St. Louis?
Forget 1984, 1994 Was the Bomb It was the year of the future, avionics wise and otherwise. We just didn’t know it. Maybe we still don’t.
Garmin GPS 155 TSO Turns 25 We take it for granted today, but 25 years ago a GPS navigator approved for non-precision instrument approaches was big thing—and...
uAvionix Introduces Installation Network ADS-B designer and manufacturer uAvionix has launched a Qualified Installers (QI) program for its skyBeacon and tailBeacon ADS-B Out...
Forget 1984, 1994 Was the Bomb It was the year of the future, avionics wise and otherwise. We just didn’t know it. Maybe we still don’t.
