AVweb Classic: Reviewing The Cirrus CAPS Record
The Cirrus line of aircraft have been flying for 20 years and although most people in aviation know they have full aircraft...
Best Of The Web: Pilot Sucked Out Of Airplane
A YouTube video widely derided as a pilot faking an engine failure so he could bail out of his stricken airplane was...
Best Of The Web: Postcrash Advice On Survival Gear
Last November, Maxime Compagnon crashed his Zlin Aviation Savage Cruiser in the Austrian Alps after encountering an unseen cable at 9700 feet....
Why Electric Airplanes Face Such A Tough Haul: Joby Edition
Electric airplanes are coming at us a mile a minute with claims that seem to defy the laws of physics and maybe...
How the Webb Space Telescope Will Unlimber Itself
If all goes as planned, the world's most ambitious telescope—not just space telescope but any telescope—will launch this week on an Arianspace...
KITPLANES Video: Learn To Love Step Drilling
Even if you're not building an airplane, you probably have need to bore holes in metal from time to time. In this...
Mountain Touring By Paraglider
Editor's note: Last week, my friend David Shelton shot this spectacular video of mountain paragliding in Mexico. Tapalpa is in Mexico's Sierra...
Best Of The Web: Real World Engine Failure And Turnback
From the One-More-Time-But-With-Pictures file comes this week’s Best of the Web video. It was posted by Cessna Centurion owner Edward Frye earlier...
Why Light Sport Airplanes Suffer So Many Crashes
Light sport airplanes were supposed to be a cheaper alternative to certified aircraft and they are. But AVweb's look at the accident...
DeLand Sport Showcase: Simulator To Go
It's always nice to see someone trying something new to make aviation affordable. That's exactly what Navy veteran Andres Velarde is doing...
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AVweb Classic: Reviewing The Cirrus CAPS Record
The Cirrus line of aircraft have been flying for 20 years and although most people in aviation know they have full aircraft...