AirVenture 2019

Boeing 737 MAX Has anyone questioned Boeing, if the MCAS was never installed in the Max, would the aircraft still have been safe to fly? My goodness, how have thousands pilots around the world logged millions of flight hours without stalling an aircraft in the past? This entire Max story is a frustrating and needless […]

The EAA’s list of show winners is almost as long as the show and just as varied. More than 70 aircraft received awards across several categories, but all of them are about the quality of construction. Paul Dye, editor at large of AVweb’s sister publication KITPLANES, took home a plaque for outstanding workmanship in his […]

The 50th anniversary of the show they call AirVenture held in Oshkosh closed out last week and the EAA has released attendance figures: approximately 642,000, a claimed 6.8-percent bump from 2018. Residents of Oshkosh got in free opening day; more than 8700 of them attended.  EAA CEO and Chairman Jack Pelton said, “What I’m most […]

Infinite Flight is a mobile flight simulation and air traffic control app available for Android and iOS devices. In this AirVenture 2019 podcast, co-founder and CEO Laura Laban and digital marketing director Jason Rosewell told AVweb more about how it works and where it’s headed in the future.

AVweb’s Kate O’Connor and Paul Bertorelli caught a ride with the Phillips 66 Aerostars at AirVenture 2019. The four-ship precision aerobatics team flies Extra 300Ls and one Extra 330LX.

DeltaHawk Engines is hardly a newcomer to AirVenture. It’s been showing the progression of its Jet-A 4-cylinder engine for a couple of years, but at this year’s show it’s expecting FAA certification by the end of 2019, and showed up with the 180-HP variant of the engine on a Cirrus. DeltaHawk has been making sizable […]

Headset manufacturer Lightspeed announced the launch of its new video series, Aviation No Tie Downs, at AirVenture 2019. According to the company, Aviation No Tie Downs is designed to “educate, entertain, and inspire” both longtime and aspiring aviators. The first episode, “A Lifetime of Flying, Leading, and Serving with Major General Hank Canterbury,” is already […]

The third and final phase of GoFly, a global competition for personal flying device designs, is now underway. Five Phase II winners, selected on the basis of their revisions to Phase I written reports and “demonstrated performance of progress,” were announced in March. Phase III will include a fly-off—scheduled for Feb. 29, 2020, and open […]

In this podcast, Capt. Tammie Jo Shults talks with AVweb at AirVenture 2019 about discovering aviation, her experiences as a naval aviator, and handling emergencies in the air. Shults was pilot in command on Southwest Flight 1380, which experienced an uncontained engine failure in April 2018. Her book about her life and aviation career, Nerves […]