AirVenture

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has announced that Boeing will be continuing its longtime sponsorship of the organization’s annual AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in convention. Via a new three-year agreement, Boeing will retain naming rights to Boeing Plaza, have Jeppesen and ForeFlight product representation in the Pilot Proficiency Center and manage the Airline Crew Check-in. The company […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is planning to celebrate the anniversaries of several notable homebuilt aircraft designs at its annual AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in convention this year. Among the milestones being recognized are the 75th anniversary of the Midget Mustang, 70th of the Wittman Tailwind and 60th of the Thorp T-18 along with the 50th anniversary […]

The FAA has published the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 Notice (formerly known as the AirVenture NOTAM) and is urging anyone flying to the big show to study it carefully. Changes for this year (other than the name change, which is an FAA internal thing) include: a change in the AirVenture ultralight pattern at Wittman Regional […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is planning to continue its tradition of coordinating a flight to honor Vietnam War veterans at its annual AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in convention this summer. Now in its ninth year, AirVenture’s Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight flies 100 veterans to Washington, D.C., to tour war memorials for a day. The flight will […]

A company called SayWeather was showing its automated weather advisory systems at AirVenture, which use solar-powered wireless weather sensors, a processing console and a transceiver for broadcasting the data. Larry Anglisano took a look at the setup with SayWeather’s George Domedion.

Elixir Aircraft’s EASA-certified two-seat Elixir comes in two versions, a Rotax 912 iS-powered trainer and a Rotax 915 iS-equipped traveler model. In this video from AirVenture 2022, company co-founder Cyril Champenois discusses plans to bring the aircraft to the U.S. market along with its design, performance and features.

Scott Firsing provides an overview of Alsim’s ALSR20 flight training device (FTD) in this product minute. Introduced in 2020, the ALSR20 was designed to be an exact replica of the Cirrus SR20 aircraft.

Asked if the new company owner Chuck Surack was around, an Enstrom employee at the company’s AirVenture booth said, “He’s been here every day.” Surack, a helicopter pilot and Enstrom owner, was enthusiastic about acquiring the company when he met with AVweb for a recent telephone podcast. He agreed to a short (he’s busy) on-camera […]

Approximately 650,000 people attended EAA AirVenture 2022 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, last week, according to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). The number is a new record for the organization’s annual fly-in, which set its previous attendance record in 2019 with 642,000 visitors. EAA cited good weather, the return of international visitors following the lifting of COVID-related […]

In this podcast from AirVenture 2022, AVweb’s Kate O’Connor talks with vice president for research and technologies at Airbus Americas Amanda Simpson about the company’s sustainability goals, concepts and technologies.