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Epic Aircraft CEO Rick Schrameck was beaming last week after announcing that his company’s all-composite very light jet, the Epic Elite Jet, achieved its first flight on Thursday morning. Schrameck talks with AVweb Editor-in-Chief Chad Trautvetter about the first flight of the twinjet, as well as other developments at the Bend, Oregon aircraft manufacturer. Duration: […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive This week, we cast our far-roving eye toward the viral video clips of Australia (specifically, Wangaratta, Victoria – a well-known source of “POTW” submissions for AVweb). YouTube user hyperscale treats us to some candid video of a Curtiss P-40N Warhawk taxiing and taking off from Wangaratta. Don’t see a video […]

AOPA senior director of strategic planning Randy Kenagy speaks with AVweb Editor-in-Chief Chad Trautvetter about the recent flap over the FAA’s inadvertent policy changes that affected GPS use under instrument flight rules. He also gives a glimpse into future GPS aeronautical requirements and offers some advice for those currently looking to buy a new GPS […]

On June 22, a P-38 Lightning will leave Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to finish a mission it started 65 years ago. For more than 60 years, Glacier Girl (as the plane is now called) was buried under the ice of Greenland after it and seven other aircraft were forced down in bad weather while […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive We all know the impact of bird strikes on small aircraft, but when was the last time you saw their effect on something as large as a Boeing 757? Simon Lowe was on hand when a Thomson 757 engine sucked in a bird on take-off […]

Eclipse Aviation President and CEO Vern Raburn speaks with AVweb Editor-in-Chief Chad Trautvetter about the status of the Eclipse 500 program, and he also reflects back on some problems the company has encountered along the way. Duration: File Size: download here

Flight instructor and electrical engineer Brad Whitsitt noticed that many of his flight students had much difficulty with crosswind landings, and his research into the problem found that improper crosswind landing techniques and wind-gust encounters near the runway are the top causes of weather-related accidents. He decided to do something about this by merging his […]

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Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Move over, Jack Bauer! If you think you accomplish a lot in one day, check out this week’s time-lapse map showing all of FedEx’s flights inside the continental U.S. over a 25-hour period. Suddenly Memphis is starting to look a lot like the center of the universe … . Don’t […]

When Texas oil man Mark Bent was flying his motorglider over eastern Africa, he noticed that huge expanses of the wilderness were deforested. When he found out why, his innovative brain went to work, and he came up with the BoGo Light, an inexpensive solar-powered LED light source that is changing the lives of thousands […]