AirVenture

Vampire LSA Debuts At Oshkosh

Click for video of the Vampire in our series of “Product Minutes” from AirVenture “The idea was to be elegantly simple,” Sadler Aircraft Co. co-owner David Littlejohn told AVweb this week at AirVenture Oshkosh, as he talked about the neat folding-wing design on the company’s new Vampire LSA. “You just remove the bolts, fold once, […]

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Able Flight Pilots Get Their Wings

Able Flight, the nonprofit group that provides flight-training scholarships for people with physical disabilities, honored their three latest scholarship winners in a ceremony at Aeroshell Square at AirVenture Oshkosh on Tuesday morning. “These wings are symbolic of their dedication and will power,” said Able Flight executive director Charles Stites. The honorees, all of whom have […]

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EAA AirVenture 2009 Galleries: Day Five

It’s our fifth day at EAA AirVenture 2009 and the fourth day of the show. Yes, we’re recovered our ability to tell which day is which, and even though we’re still a little bleary-eyed and maybe just a tad bit unkempt, we’re having more fun than airplane people should be allowed. Join our AirVenture intern […]

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EAA AirVenture 2009 Galleries: Our Day at the Seaplane Base (2 of 3)

On Thursday, we sent Aviation Safety editor-in-chief Jeb Burnside out to the Seaplane Base at EAA AirVenture. In exchange for his freedom, we demanded pictures – and Jeb brought back three galleries’ worth of awesome snapshots. This is the second of these galleries. CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW […]

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EAA AirVenture 2009 Panoramic Photos: North 40

The “North 40” is on the north end of the airport and surrounds the crosswind runway 9-27. It serves as the general parking lot for aircraft just flying in for the day, and also as a campground for pilots that want to camp out next to their airplane. Don’t see the panorama viewer? Click the […]

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Fishman Plans Electric Two-Seater Flight Soon

Over a year ago, Randle Fishman moved electric flight in a small airplane from paper to reality when he equipped a single-engine Moni motorglider with an electric engine and lithium-polymer batteries and took flight. This year he brought his almost-complete ElectraFlyer X to Oshkosh. This two-seat, electric-powered aircraft features side-by-side seating for two and is […]

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Mutt Muffs Protect Dogs From Cockpit Noise

When it’s time to go flying, Michelle McGuire has a reluctant husband but a willing and happy black Lab. Cockpit noise is even worse for dogs’ ears than for ours, and McGuire felt she had to do something to protect her pooch’s hearing. After searching in vain for a solution and failing to come up […]

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EAA To Expand Co-operation With Aero Friedrichshafen

EAA President Tom Poberezny said on Thursday at AirVenture that EAA will expand its collaboration with Aero Friedrichshafen, the biggest GA air show in Europe. “So far, our collaborative efforts have functioned superbly,” said Thomas Grunewald, project director of Aero. “We want to keep working together as partners to meet the challenges that lie ahead […]

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Martin Jetpack Progressing

Previous Martin Jetpack Videos At last year’s AirVenture, a start-up company from New Zealand created the biggest buzz of the show with an unlikely contraption called the Martin Jetpack. The fallout from Glenn Martin’s Oshkosh appearance has spawned a new corporate structure, plans for a factory and technical advances that Martin says could eventually create […]

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