AvWeb and Kitplanes are owned by the same company (Belvoir Publications), so I work pretty closely with them, and yes - they have been having some huge web site issues following a DNS attack. They’re workign on it, and understand the frustration this brings to readers - and you can imagine the frustration it brings to the editorial staff (who are as much victims of the back-office web stuff as the readers).... but we are all assured that it is being worked.
Nothing has been lost - it just can’t be accessed right now. And no one can comment on Bertorelli’s pithy editorials.....